Financial Survey: Jowell Global (NASDAQ:JWEL) versus Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)

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

Volatility & Risk

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jowell Global has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Amazon.com and Jowell Global”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amazon.com	$716.92 billion	3.14	$77.67 billion	$7.17	29.22
Jowell Global	$132.98 million	0.04	-$7.96 million	N/A	N/A

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Jowell Global.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amazon.com	10.83%	21.87%	10.82%
Jowell Global	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amazon.com	0	4	53	1	2.95
Jowell Global	0	0	0	0	0.00

Amazon.com presently has a consensus price target of $286.93, suggesting a potential upside of 36.94%. Given Amazon.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Jowell Global.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Jowell Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of Jowell Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Amazon.com beats Jowell Global on 12 of the 13 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 Jowell Global

Jowell Global Ltd. engages in the online retail of cosmetics, health and nutritional supplements, and household products in China. It also sells skin care, body care, and baby and children's products; washing items; fragrances; food products; electronics; and apparel. In addition, it sells its products through retail stores under the Love Home Store, LHH Store, and Juhao Best Choice Store brand names. The company also offers an online marketplace that enables third-party sellers to sell their products to the company's consumers. Jowell Global Ltd. was founded in 2012 and is based in Shanghai, China.