Contrasting Global-e Online (GLBE) & Its Competitors

Global-e Online (NASDAQ:GLBE) is one of 142 publicly-traded companies in the “Broadline Retail” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Global-e Online to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

Global-e Online has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global-e Online’s rivals have a beta of 1.73, meaning that their average share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Global-e Online and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global-e Online	13.87%	16.70%	11.39%
Global-e Online Competitors	-3.01%	-38.47%	-2.59%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Global-e Online and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global-e Online	0	3	13	0	2.81
Global-e Online Competitors	1407	5411	10897	311	2.56

Global-e Online currently has a consensus target price of $48.08, indicating a potential upside of 11.90%. As a group, “Broadline Retail” companies have a potential upside of 21.83%. Given Global-e Online’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Global-e Online has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Global-e Online and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global-e Online	$962.20 million	$68.27 million	49.97
Global-e Online Competitors	$22.26 billion	$1.71 billion	15.69

Global-e Online’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Global-e Online. Global-e Online is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

94.6% of Global-e Online shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of shares of all “Broadline Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of Global-e Online shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of shares of all “Broadline Retail” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Global-e Online beats its rivals on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Global-e Online

Global-E Online Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides a platform to enable and accelerate direct-to-consumer cross-border e-commerce in Israel, the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. Its platform enables international shoppers to buy online and merchants to sell from, and to, worldwide. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel.