Reviewing MakeMyTrip (MMYT) and The Competition

MakeMyTrip (NASDAQ:MMYT) is one of 382 public companies in the “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare MakeMyTrip to related companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for MakeMyTrip and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MakeMyTrip	0	2	5	0	2.71
MakeMyTrip Competitors	3807	17285	25595	906	2.50

MakeMyTrip presently has a consensus target price of $72.25, indicating a potential upside of 41.39%. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies have a potential upside of 58.69%. Given MakeMyTrip’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MakeMyTrip has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MakeMyTrip and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MakeMyTrip	$1.04 billion	$51.80 million	255.50
MakeMyTrip Competitors	$3.43 billion	$250.20 million	-155.62

MakeMyTrip’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than MakeMyTrip. MakeMyTrip 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.

Profitability

This table compares MakeMyTrip and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MakeMyTrip	3.91%	-312.82%	8.92%
MakeMyTrip Competitors	3.93%	-40.66%	2.07%

Volatility & Risk

MakeMyTrip has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MakeMyTrip’s rivals have a beta of 1.44, indicating that their average stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

51.9% of MakeMyTrip shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of MakeMyTrip shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

MakeMyTrip rivals beat MakeMyTrip on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About MakeMyTrip

MakeMyTrip Limited, an online travel company, sells travel products and solutions in India, the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, Peru, Colombia, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The company operates through three segments: Air Ticketing, Hotels and Packages, and Bus Ticketing. Its services and products include air tickets; hotels and packages; rail tickets; bus tickets; and car hire, as well as ancillary travel requirements, such as visa processing and facilitating access to travel insurance. The company allows travelers to research, plan, book, and purchase travel services and products through its websites, such as makemytrip.com, goibibo.com, redbus.in, makemytrip.com.sg, and makemytrip.ae; and other technology-enhanced distribution channels, such as call centers, travel stores, and travel agents network, as well as mobile service platform. The company serves leisure and corporate travelers. MakeMyTrip Limited was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Gurugram, India.