Head to Head Comparison: Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and WeBuy Global (NASDAQ:WBUY)

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

Volatility and Risk

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WeBuy Global has a beta of 3.04, indicating that its share price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Amazon.com and WeBuy Global”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	3.17	$77.67 billion	$7.17	29.53
WeBuy Global	$58.30 million	0.02	-$6.62 million	N/A	N/A

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

Profitability

This table compares Amazon.com and WeBuy 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%
WeBuy Global	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Amazon.com and WeBuy Global, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amazon.com	0	4	53	1	2.95
WeBuy Global	1	0	0	0	1.00

Amazon.com presently has a consensus target price of $286.93, suggesting a potential upside of 35.51%. Given Amazon.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than WeBuy Global.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of WeBuy Global shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Amazon.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Amazon.com beats WeBuy 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 WeBuy Global

Webuy Global Ltd operates as an e-commerce retailer company in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The company sells food and beverages, fresh produces, lifestyle daily essential items, e-vouchers, miscellaneous daily needs products, and other personal care products, as well as sells packaged tours. Webuy Global Ltd was founded in 2019 and is based in Singapore.