Contrasting Jowell Global (NASDAQ:JWEL) & Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Jowell Global (NASDAQ:JWEL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Jowell Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of Jowell Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Amazon.com and Jowell Global, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amazon.com	0	4	53	1	2.95
Jowell Global	0	0	0	0	0.00

Amazon.com currently has a consensus target price of $287.29, suggesting a potential upside of 33.31%. Given Amazon.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Jowell Global.

Dividends

Amazon.com pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Jowell Global pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Amazon.com pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Amazon.com and Jowell Global”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amazon.com	$716.92 billion	3.23	$77.67 billion	$7.17	30.06
Jowell Global	$123.45 million	0.04	-$7.96 million	N/A	N/A

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Jowell Global.

Risk and Volatility

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jowell Global has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Amazon.com and Jowell Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amazon.com	10.83%	21.87%	10.82%
Jowell Global	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Amazon.com beats Jowell Global on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content. In addition, the company offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products in its stores; and programs that allow authors, independent publishers, musicians, filmmakers, Twitch streamers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, it provides compute, storage, database, analytics, machine learning, and other services, as well as advertising services through programs, such as sponsored ads, display, and video advertising. Additionally, the company offers Amazon Prime, a membership program. The company's products offered through its stores include merchandise and content purchased for resale and products offered by third-party sellers. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, content creators, advertisers, and employees. Amazon.com, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

About Jowell Global

Jowell Global Ltd. engages in the online retail of cosmetics, health and nutritional supplements, and household products in China. It also sells skin care, body care, and baby and children's products; washing items; fragrances; food products; electronics; and apparel. In addition, it sells its products through retail stores under the Love Home Store, LHH Store, and Juhao Best Choice Store brand names. The company also offers an online marketplace that enables third-party sellers to sell their products to the company's consumers. Jowell Global Ltd. was founded in 2012 and is based in Shanghai, China.