Global-e Online (NASDAQ:GLBE) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Head-To-Head Analysis

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Global-e Online (NASDAQ:GLBE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Amazon.com and Global-e Online, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amazon.com	0	3	44	0	2.94
Global-e Online	1	0	12	0	2.85

Amazon.com presently has a consensus price target of $245.64, suggesting a potential upside of 14.76%. Global-e Online has a consensus price target of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.60%. Given Global-e Online’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Global-e Online is more favorable than Amazon.com.

Risk & Volatility

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global-e Online has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Amazon.com and Global-e Online”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amazon.com	$650.31 billion	3.49	$59.25 billion	$6.14	34.86
Global-e Online	$752.76 million	7.33	-$75.55 million	($0.36)	-90.33

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Global-e Online. Global-e Online is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amazon.com	10.14%	24.14%	10.90%
Global-e Online	-7.70%	-6.96%	-5.17%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of Global-e Online shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Global-e Online shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Amazon.com beats Global-e Online on 10 of the 14 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 Global-e Online

Global-E Online Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides a platform to enable and accelerate direct-to-consumer cross-border e-commerce in Israel, the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. Its platform enables international shoppers to buy online and merchants to sell from, and to, worldwide. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel.