Head to Head Comparison: Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) & Just Eat Takeaway.com (OTCMKTS:JTKWY)

Just Eat Takeaway.com (OTCMKTS:JTKWY) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Just Eat Takeaway.com has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Just Eat Takeaway.com and Amazon.com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Just Eat Takeaway.com	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amazon.com	12.22%	19.92%	9.86%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Amazon.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Just Eat Takeaway.com and Amazon.com”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Just Eat Takeaway.com	$3.86 billion	1.06	-$1.78 billion	N/A	N/A
Amazon.com	$716.92 billion	3.75	$77.67 billion	$8.36	29.89

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Just Eat Takeaway.com.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Just Eat Takeaway.com and Amazon.com, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Just Eat Takeaway.com	0	0	0	0	0.00
Amazon.com	0	3	57	0	2.95

Amazon.com has a consensus target price of $312.76, suggesting a potential upside of 25.16%. Given Amazon.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Just Eat Takeaway.com.

Summary

Amazon.com beats Just Eat Takeaway.com on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Just Eat Takeaway.com

Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. operates as an online food delivery company worldwide. Its marketplace connects consumers and restaurants through its platforms. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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.