Head to Head Survey: Marui Group (OTCMKTS:MAURY) & Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Marui Group (OTCMKTS:MAURY) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Risk and Volatility

Marui Group has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Marui Group and Amazon.com”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Marui Group	$1.84 billion	1.72	$187.94 million	$2.13	16.41
Amazon.com	$716.92 billion	3.92	$77.67 billion	$12.43	20.94

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.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Amazon.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Marui Group and Amazon.com, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Marui Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Amazon.com	0	2	56	1	2.98

Amazon.com has a consensus target price of $322.39, suggesting a potential upside of 23.86%. Given Amazon.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Marui Group.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Marui Group	10.48%	12.08%	2.54%
Amazon.com	17.44%	18.00%	8.97%

Summary

Amazon.com beats Marui Group on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.