Head-To-Head Contrast: JD.com (NASDAQ:JD) versus Boohoo Group (OTCMKTS:BHOOY)

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.0% of JD.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of JD.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for JD.com and Boohoo Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JD.com	1	3	9	0	2.62
Boohoo Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

JD.com currently has a consensus target price of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.66%. Given JD.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe JD.com is more favorable than Boohoo Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares JD.com and Boohoo Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
JD.com	$1,323.70 billion	0.03	$2.81 billion	$1.28	22.17
Boohoo Group	$1.01 billion	0.37	-$415.90 million	N/A	N/A

JD.com has higher revenue and earnings than Boohoo Group.

Volatility and Risk

JD.com has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boohoo Group has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JD.com	1.04%	5.90%	2.48%
Boohoo Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

JD.com beats Boohoo Group on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About JD.com

JD.com, Inc. operates as a supply chain-based technology and service provider in the People's Republic of China. The company offers computers, communication, and consumer electronics products, as well as home appliances; and general merchandise products comprising food, beverage and fresh produce, baby and maternity products, furniture and household goods, cosmetics and other personal care items, pharmaceutical and healthcare products, industrial products, books, automobile accessories, apparel and footwear, bags, and jewelry. It also provides online marketplace services for third-party merchants; marketing services; and omni-channel solutions to customers and offline retailers, as well as online healthcare services. In addition, the company develops, owns, and manages its logistics facilities and other real estate properties to support third parties; offers asset management services and integrated service platform; leasing of storage facilities and related management services; and engages in online retail business. Further, it provides integrated data, technology, business, and user management industry solutions to support the digitization of enterprises and institutions; and technology-driven supply chain solutions and logistics services. The company was formerly known as 360buy Jingdong Inc. and changed its name to JD.com, Inc. in January 2014. JD.com, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

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.