Financial Contrast: Global-e Online (GLBE) & Its Rivals

Global-e Online (NASDAQ:GLBE) is one of 142 public companies in the “Broadline Retail” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Global-e Online to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Global-e Online and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global-e Online	$962.20 million	$68.27 million	48.14
Global-e Online Competitors	$54.94 billion	$1.71 billion	14.99

Global-e Online’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Global-e Online. Global-e Online is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Global-e Online and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global-e Online	13.87%	16.70%	11.39%
Global-e Online Competitors	-3.00%	-38.45%	-2.59%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Global-e Online and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global-e Online	0	3	13	0	2.81
Global-e Online Competitors	1404	5406	10879	309	2.56

Global-e Online presently has a consensus target price of $48.08, suggesting a potential upside of 16.14%. As a group, “Broadline Retail” companies have a potential upside of 20.89%. Given Global-e Online’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Global-e Online has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

94.6% of Global-e Online shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of shares of all “Broadline Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of Global-e Online shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of shares of all “Broadline Retail” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Global-e Online has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global-e Online’s competitors have a beta of 1.75, suggesting that their average stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Global-e Online beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Global-e Online

Global-E Online Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides a platform to enable and accelerate direct-to-consumer cross-border e-commerce in Israel, the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. Its platform enables international shoppers to buy online and merchants to sell from, and to, worldwide. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel.