Contrasting Boohoo Group (OTCMKTS:BHOOY) and Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART)

Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) and Boohoo Group (OTCMKTS:BHOOY) 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, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Maplebear has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boohoo Group has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

63.1% of Maplebear shares are held by institutional investors. 24.0% of Maplebear shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Maplebear and Boohoo Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maplebear	1	9	13	1	2.58
Boohoo Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Maplebear presently has a consensus price target of $51.48, indicating a potential upside of 12.84%. Given Maplebear’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Maplebear is more favorable than Boohoo Group.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maplebear	12.50%	18.67%	13.45%
Boohoo Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Maplebear and Boohoo Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Maplebear	$3.74 billion	2.87	$447.00 million	$1.79	25.49
Boohoo Group	$1.23 billion	0.30	-$144.76 million	N/A	N/A

Maplebear has higher revenue and earnings than Boohoo Group.

Summary

Maplebear beats Boohoo Group on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Maplebear

Maplebear Inc., doing business as Instacart, engages in the provision of online grocery shopping services to households in North America. It sells and delivers grocery products, as well as pickup services through a mobile application and website. It also operates virtual convenience stores; and provides software-as-a-service solutions to retailers. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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.