Head-To-Head Survey: Expedia Group (EXPE) & Its Peers

Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) is one of 382 public companies in the “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Expedia Group to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Expedia Group and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Expedia Group	2	19	16	0	2.38
Expedia Group Competitors	3806	17282	25595	906	2.50

Expedia Group presently has a consensus price target of $314.68, indicating a potential upside of 21.38%. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies have a potential upside of 58.95%. Given Expedia Group’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Expedia Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Dividends

Expedia Group pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Expedia Group pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.2% and pay out 38.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility and Risk

Expedia Group has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expedia Group’s peers have a beta of 1.44, suggesting that their average stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Expedia Group and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Expedia Group	$14.73 billion	$1.29 billion	15.13
Expedia Group Competitors	$3.32 billion	$250.20 million	-155.59

Expedia Group has higher revenue and earnings than its peers. Expedia Group is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Expedia Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Expedia Group	12.98%	91.03%	8.33%
Expedia Group Competitors	3.93%	-40.66%	2.07%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.8% of Expedia Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Expedia Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Expedia Group beats its peers on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

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.