Analyzing Boohoo Group (OTCMKTS:BHOOY) & Wayfair (NYSE:W)

Wayfair (NYSE:W) and Boohoo Group (OTCMKTS:BHOOY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

89.7% of Wayfair shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.4% of Wayfair shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Wayfair and Boohoo Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wayfair	$12.66 billion	1.00	-$313.00 million	($2.34)	-40.78
Boohoo Group	$1.23 billion	0.30	-$144.75 million	N/A	N/A

Boohoo Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Wayfair.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Wayfair and Boohoo Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wayfair	1	10	18	1	2.63
Boohoo Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Wayfair presently has a consensus price target of $99.68, suggesting a potential upside of 4.45%. Given Wayfair’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Wayfair is more favorable than Boohoo Group.

Profitability

This table compares Wayfair and Boohoo Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wayfair	-2.41%	-2.20%	1.92%
Boohoo Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

Wayfair has a beta of 3.02, meaning that its share price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boohoo Group has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Wayfair beats Boohoo Group on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Wayfair

Wayfair Inc. provides e-commerce business in the United States and internationally. The company offers approximately thirty million products for the home sector. It offers online selections of furniture, décor, housewares, and home improvement products through its sites consisting of Wayfair, Joss & Main, AllModern, Birch Lane, Perigold, and Wayfair Professional. The company offers its products under the Three Posts and Mercury Row brand name. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

About Boohoo Group

boohoo group plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as an online clothing retailer in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the United States, and internationally. The company designs, sources, markets, and sells clothing, shoes, accessories, and beauty products for 16-to-45-year age customers. It provides its products under the boohoo, boohooMAN, PrettyLittleThing, Nasty Gal, MissPap, Karen Millen, Coast, Oasis, Warehouse, Dorothy Perkins, Wallis, Burton, and Debenhams brands. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.