Contrasting QVC Group (NASDAQ:QVCGA) and Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE)

Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) and QVC Group (NASDAQ:QVCGA) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Expedia Group and QVC Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Expedia Group	$13.69 billion	2.56	$1.23 billion	$10.45	27.40
QVC Group	$10.04 billion	0.01	-$1.29 billion	($460.35)	-0.03

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Expedia Group and QVC Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Expedia Group	0	24	14	2	2.45
QVC Group	1	0	0	0	1.00

Expedia Group presently has a consensus price target of $270.66, indicating a potential downside of 5.47%. Given Expedia Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Expedia Group is more favorable than QVC Group.

Profitability

This table compares Expedia Group and QVC Group’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%
QVC Group	-38.83%	N/A	-15.22%

Volatility and Risk

Expedia Group has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QVC Group has a beta of 2.64, indicating that its share price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

90.8% of Expedia Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of QVC Group shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of Expedia Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of QVC Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Expedia Group beats QVC Group on 13 of the 15 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 QVC Group

QVC Group, Inc. engages in the business of video and online commerce industries. It operates through the following segments: QxH, QVC International and CBI. The QxH segment markets and sells a wide variety of consumer products in the U.S., primarily by means of its televised shopping programs and via the Internet through their websites and mobile applications. The QVC International segment markets and sells a wide variety of consumer products in several foreign countries, primarily by means of its televised shopping programs and via the Internet through its international websites and mobile applications. The CBI segment consists of a portfolio of aspirational home and apparel brands in the U.S. that sell merchandise through brick-and-mortar retail locations as well as via the Internet through their websites. The company was founded on March 28, 1991 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.