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Wayfair

NYQ:W · US94419L1017
Specialty RetailLarge

360

33
EV / EBIT13
Price / Owner Earnings97
Owner Earnings Yield1
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales52
EV / Gross Profit58
Price/Book91
Returns on capital49
EBIT Margin1
Gross Profitability100
Accruals100
Owner Earnings Margin4
Sales growth62
Profit Growth70
Long-Term EPS Growth87
Reinvestment98
Price momentum86
Debt load2
Refinancing7
Debt Payback1
Liquidity29
Analyst ratings60
Opinion Changes52
Price Target Upside56
Market mood19
Value Creation3/20not creating value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Wayfair doesn't consistently earn more than its cost of capital, so it isn't yet creating shareholder value.

Based on 3/5 components.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustrySpecialty Retail
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded2014
Employees8,475
ISINUS94419L1017
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Index & Theme
LifestyleCourier ServiceFreight ServiceHome ImprovementE-CommerceFurnitureHome DecorRetail

Description

Wayfair Inc. (Wayfair) engages in the e-commerce business. Through the company’s e-commerce platform, the company offers customers visually inspired browsing, compelling merchandising, easy product discovery and attractive prices. The company is foc…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Wayfair Inc. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

Valuation data is not available for this company.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is fragile. The company scores 3/20 on our value-creation score: not creating value. Analysts lean positive.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
51
2023202420252026

All-time high

63

Mar 2026

All-time low

4

Jan 2023

Average rank

41

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
52
49
56
45
Price/Earnings
22
11
1
1
Price/Book
91
91
84
97
Dividend Yield
1
65
1
1
Value (overall)
51
62
28
33

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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