Home Depot (NYSE:HD) vs. Uxin (NASDAQ:UXIN) Head-To-Head Comparison

Home Depot (NYSE:HD) and Uxin (NASDAQ:UXIN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Home Depot and Uxin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Home Depot	8.41%	106.42%	13.76%
Uxin	-10.10%	N/A	-16.37%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Home Depot and Uxin”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Home Depot	$164.68 billion	1.98	$14.16 billion	$14.29	22.93
Uxin	$463.27 million	0.41	-$39.69 million	($0.28)	-3.10

Home Depot has higher revenue and earnings than Uxin. Uxin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Depot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

70.9% of Home Depot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.4% of Uxin shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Home Depot shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 62.9% of Uxin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Home Depot has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Uxin has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Home Depot and Uxin, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Home Depot	1	13	18	1	2.58
Uxin	1	0	1	0	2.00

Home Depot presently has a consensus price target of $375.93, indicating a potential upside of 14.74%. Uxin has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 419.03%. Given Uxin’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Uxin is more favorable than Home Depot.

Summary

Home Depot beats Uxin on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Home Depot

The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and internationally. It sells various building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and décor products, as well as facilities maintenance, repair, and operations products. The company also offers installation services for flooring, water heaters, bath, garage doors, cabinets, cabinet makeovers, countertops, sheds, furnaces and central air systems, and windows. In addition, it provides tool and equipment rental services. The company primarily serves homeowners; and professional renovators/remodelers, general contractors, maintenance professionals, handymen, property managers, and building service contractors, as well as specialty tradesmen, such as electricians, plumbers, and painters. It sells its products through websites, including homedepot.com; homedepot.ca and homedepot.com.mx; blinds.com, justblinds.com, and americanblinds.com for custom window coverings; thecompanystore.com, an online site for textiles and décor products; hdsupply.com for maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products and related services; and The Home Depot stores. The Home Depot, Inc. was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

About Uxin

Uxin Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the retail sale of vehicles in China. The company operates an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars. It also offers used-car acquisition, inspection, reconditioning, warehousing, pre-sales and after-sales, and various car-related value-added products and services, as well as warranty and repair, delivery, and title transfers and vehicle registration services. Uxin Limited was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.