BB Seguridade Participações (OTCMKTS:BBSEY) and AO World (OTCMKTS:AOWDF) Financial Review

AO World (OTCMKTS:AOWDF) and BB Seguridade Participações (OTCMKTS:BBSEY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

AO World has a beta of -0.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BB Seguridade Participações has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of BB Seguridade Participações shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares AO World and BB Seguridade Participações”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AO World	$2.13 billion	0.44	-$41.52 million	N/A	N/A
BB Seguridade Participações	$1.81 billion	6.06	$1.59 billion	$0.84	6.54

BB Seguridade Participações has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AO World.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for AO World and BB Seguridade Participações, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AO World	0	0	0	0	0.00
BB Seguridade Participações	0	0	0	1	4.00

Profitability

This table compares AO World and BB Seguridade Participações’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AO World	N/A	N/A	N/A
BB Seguridade Participações	84.97%	77.88%	45.13%

Summary

BB Seguridade Participações beats AO World on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AO World

AO World plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the online retailing of domestic appliances the United Kingdom and Germany. It retails fridge freezers, cookers and washing machines, and audiovisual equipment, as well as computing, mobile, gaming, and smart home technology products. The company also provides logistics and transport services. In addition, it engages in the investment activities; and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling activities. The company sells its products through its websites, marketplaces, and third-party websites. AO World plc was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Bolton, the United Kingdom.

About BB Seguridade Participações

BB Seguridade Participações S.A., through its subsidiaries operates in the insurance, pension plans, and bonds, businesses in Brazil. The company operates through Security and Brokerage segments. The Security segment offers life, property, rural, special risks and financial, transport, hulls, and housing people insurance products. It also offers pension plans, dental, and capitalization plans. The Brokerage segment engages in the brokerage, management, and promotion of pension plans, capitalization, capitalization, and dental plans. BB Seguridade Participações S.A. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Brasilia, Brazil. BB Seguridade Participações S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Banco do Brasil S.A.