Critical Survey: Just Eat Takeaway.com (OTCMKTS:JTKWY) & Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Just Eat Takeaway.com and Groupon, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Just Eat Takeaway.com	0	0	0	0	0.00
Groupon	2	1	3	0	2.17

Groupon has a consensus price target of $28.67, indicating a potential upside of 68.53%. Given Groupon’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Groupon is more favorable than Just Eat Takeaway.com.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.1% of Groupon shares are held by institutional investors. 36.6% of Groupon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Just Eat Takeaway.com has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Groupon has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Just Eat Takeaway.com and Groupon”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Just Eat Takeaway.com	$3.86 billion	1.15	-$1.78 billion	N/A	N/A
Groupon	$498.42 million	1.30	-$83.52 million	($2.61)	-6.52

Groupon has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Just Eat Takeaway.com.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Just Eat Takeaway.com	N/A	N/A	N/A
Groupon	-20.78%	-717.37%	-16.40%

Summary

Groupon beats Just Eat Takeaway.com on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Groupon

Groupon, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a marketplace that connects consumers to merchants. It operates in two segments, North America and International. The company sells goods or services on behalf of third-party merchants. It serves customers through its mobile applications and websites. The company was formerly known as ThePoint.com, Inc. and changed its name to Groupon, Inc. in October 2008. Groupon, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.