eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY – Get Rating) and Just Eat Takeaway.com (OTC:JTKWY – Get Rating) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
87.0% of eBay shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Just Eat Takeaway.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of eBay shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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This table compares eBay and Just Eat Takeaway.com's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| eBay | 3.60% | 24.42% | 8.19% |
| Just Eat Takeaway.com | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares eBay and Just Eat Takeaway.com's gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| eBay | $10.42 billion | 2.02 | $13.61 billion | $0.42 | 91.19 |
| Just Eat Takeaway.com | $5.32 billion | 0.61 | -$1.20 billion | N/A | N/A |
eBay has higher revenue and earnings than Just Eat Takeaway.com.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations for eBay and Just Eat Takeaway.com, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| eBay | 2 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2.29 |
| Just Eat Takeaway.com | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
eBay presently has a consensus target price of $59.43, indicating a potential upside of 55.17%. Given eBay's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe eBay is more favorable than Just Eat Takeaway.com.
Volatility and Risk
eBay has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Just Eat Takeaway.com has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
eBay beats Just Eat Takeaway.com on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About eBay
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eBay Inc. operates marketplace platforms that connect buyers and sellers in the United States and internationally. The company's Marketplace platform includes its online marketplace at ebay.com and the eBay suite of mobile apps. Its platforms enable users to list, buy, sell, and pay for items through various online, mobile, and offline channels that include retailers, distributors, liquidators, import and export companies, auctioneers, catalog and mail-order companies, directories, search engines, commerce participants, shopping channels, and networks. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
About Just Eat Takeaway.com
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Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. operates an online food delivery marketplace. The company focuses on connecting consumers and restaurants through its platforms. It serves in Canada, the United States, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Australia, Bulgaria, France, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, and Spain, as well as through partnerships in Colombia and Brazil. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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