Contrasting CUR Media (OTCMKTS:CURM) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Amazon.com and CUR Media, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amazon.com	0	3	57	0	2.95
CUR Media	0	0	0	0	0.00

Amazon.com presently has a consensus price target of $312.91, indicating a potential upside of 33.18%. Given Amazon.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than CUR Media.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Amazon.com and CUR Media”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	$716.92 billion	3.53	$77.67 billion	$8.36	28.11
CUR Media	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than CUR Media.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amazon.com	12.22%	19.92%	9.86%
CUR Media	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Amazon.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of CUR Media shares are owned 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

Amazon.com beats CUR Media on 8 of the 9 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 CUR Media

CÃR Media, Inc., an Internet music service, focuses on providing a paid subscription Internet radio service offering listeners streaming music on the Web and mobile devices under the CÃR brand. It also intends to offer personalized advertising in the form of display ads, email, and text messages; and to sell music, concert tickets, and merchandise through its music streaming service, as well as music downloads. The company was formerly known as Duane Street Corp and changed its name to CÃR Media, Inc. in January 2014. CÃR Media, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in Glastonbury, Connecticut.