Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE:VGII – Get Rating) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Rating) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II and Amazon.com's gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

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Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

93.4% of Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. 12.7% of Amazon.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II and Amazon.com's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II and Amazon.com, as provided by MarketBeat.

Amazon.com has a consensus target price of $176.61, indicating a potential upside of 55.22%. Given Amazon.com's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II.

Summary

Amazon.com beats Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II

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Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II does not have significant operations. It focuses on effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or other similar business combination with one or more businesses. Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II was incorporated in 2021 and is based in New York, New York.

About Amazon.com

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Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical and online stores. The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Rings, and Echo and other devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content. In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its websites, as well as its stores; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, Twitch streamers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, analytics, machine learning, and other services, as well as fulfillment, advertising, publishing, and digital content subscriptions. Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and series; and other services. The company serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. Amazon.com, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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