Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report) and Marui Group (OTCMKTS:MAURY – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Risk & Volatility
Amazon.com has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marui Group has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Amazon.com and Marui Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Amazon.com | 0 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 2.98 |
| Marui Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Amazon.com and Marui Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Amazon.com | $716.92 billion | 3.84 | $77.67 billion | $12.43 | 20.55 |
| Marui Group | $1.84 billion | 1.72 | $187.94 million | $2.13 | 16.41 |
Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Marui Group. Marui Group 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 Marui Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Amazon.com | 17.44% | 18.00% | 8.97% |
| Marui Group | 10.48% | 12.08% | 2.54% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Amazon.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Amazon.com beats Marui Group on 15 of the 15 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 Marui Group
Marui Group Co., Ltd., an investment holding company, engages in the retailing and FinTech businesses in Japan. The company engages in the design and construction of commercial facilities; advertising planning and production; property management; rental of real estate properties; small-amount short-term insurance policy business; and sale of investment trusts. It is also involved in the operation of websites; contract store opening and operation services; provision of credit card services; operation of Marui/Modi stores; investing and financing direct-to-consumer businesses; internet sales; specialty store; credit loan; collection and management of receivables; credit check; trucking and forwarding; software development; and operation of IT systems, and building management businesses. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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