Analyzing Ctrip.com International (CTRP) and Orbitz Worldwide (OWW)

Ctrip.com International (NASDAQ: CTRP) and Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE:OWW) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitabiliy, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Ctrip.com International and Orbitz Worldwide’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	EBITDA	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ctrip.com International	$3.15 billion	9.00	$221.79 million	$0.03	1,818.33
Orbitz Worldwide	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ctrip.com International has higher revenue and earnings than Orbitz Worldwide.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

66.0% of Ctrip.com International shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Ctrip.com International shares are held 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Ctrip.com International and Orbitz Worldwide, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ctrip.com International	0	1	14	0	2.93
Orbitz Worldwide	0	0	0	0	N/A

Ctrip.com International presently has a consensus price target of $57.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.71%. Given Ctrip.com International’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ctrip.com International is more favorable than Orbitz Worldwide.

Profitability

This table compares Ctrip.com International and Orbitz Worldwide’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ctrip.com International	0.95%	0.29%	0.15%
Orbitz Worldwide	-1.77%	-31.85%	-1.30%

Summary

Ctrip.com International beats Orbitz Worldwide on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ctrip.com International

Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (Ctrip) is a travel service provider for accommodation reservation, transportation ticketing, packaged tours and corporate travel management in China. The Company aggregates hotel and transportation information to enable business and leisure travelers to make bookings. It helps leisure travelers book tour packages and guided tours, and helps corporate clients manage their travel requirements. In addition, it offers a range of other travel-related services, including travelers’ reviews, attraction tickets, travel-related financing and car services, and travel insurance and visa services to meet the various booking and travelling needs of both leisure and business travelers. It also offers independent leisure travelers bundled packaged-tour products, including group tours, semi-group tours and private tours or packaged tours with different transportation arrangements, such as cruise, bus or self-driving.

About Orbitz Worldwide

Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. is an online travel company. The Company offers leisure and business travelers to research, plan and book travel products and services, including hotels, flights, vacation packages, car rentals, cruises, travel insurance, destination services and event tickets. The Company’s brand portfolio includes Orbitz and CheapTickets in the United States, ebookers in Europe and HotelClub and RatesToGo (collectively HotelClub) in Asia Pacific region. Orbitz.com offers travel products and services, and mobile applications and solutions for its hotel transactions. CheapTickets is an online travel company. ebookers is a pan-European online travel agency. HotelClub is a hotel booking Website offering members a selection of hotel properties across more than 170 countries. It also owns and operates Orbitz for Business (OFB), a corporate travel management company, and the Orbitz Partner Network (OPN), which delivers private label travel solutions to a range of partners.