Contrasting Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) and Just Eat Takeaway.com (OTCMKTS:JTKWY)

Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) and Just Eat Takeaway.com (OTCMKTS:JTKWY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Expedia Group and Just Eat Takeaway.com, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Expedia Group	0	21	13	0	2.38
Just Eat Takeaway.com	0	2	0	0	2.00

Expedia Group currently has a consensus price target of $290.87, suggesting a potential upside of 22.81%. Given Expedia Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Expedia Group is more favorable than Just Eat Takeaway.com.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

90.8% of Expedia Group shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of Expedia Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Expedia Group and Just Eat Takeaway.com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Expedia Group	9.66%	64.15%	6.25%
Just Eat Takeaway.com	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

Expedia Group has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Just Eat Takeaway.com has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Expedia Group and Just Eat Takeaway.com”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Expedia Group	$13.69 billion	2.12	$1.23 billion	$10.45	22.67
Just Eat Takeaway.com	$3.86 billion	1.17	-$1.78 billion	N/A	N/A

Expedia Group has higher revenue and earnings than Just Eat Takeaway.com.

Summary

Expedia Group beats Just Eat Takeaway.com on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Expedia Group

Expedia Group, Inc. operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through B2C, B2B, and trivago segments. Its B2C segment includes Brand Expedia, a full-service online travel brand offers various travel products and services; Hotels.com for lodging accommodations; Vrbo, an online marketplace for the alternative accommodations; Orbitz, Travelocity, Wotif Group, ebookers, CheapTickets, Hotwire.com and CarRentals.com. The company's B2B segment provides various travel and non-travel companies including airlines, offline travel agents, online retailers, corporate travel management, and financial institutions who leverage its travel technology and tap into its diverse supply to augment their offerings and market Expedia Group rates and availabilities to its travelers. Its trivago segment, a hotel metasearch website, which send referrals to online travel companies and travel service providers from hotel metasearch websites. In addition, the company provides brand advertising through online and offline channels, loyalty programs, mobile apps, and search engine marketing, as well as metasearch, social media, direct and personalized traveler communications on its websites, and through direct e-mail communication with its travelers. The company was formerly known as Expedia, Inc. and changed its name to Expedia Group, Inc. in March 2018. Expedia Group, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

About Just Eat Takeaway.com

Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. operates as an online food delivery company worldwide. Its marketplace connects consumers and restaurants through its platforms. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.