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Groupon, Inc.GRPNCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Consumer Discretionary›Internet Retail
Momentum laggard 18
Mkt cap
$630M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
81%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$15.1M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
33.7×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 6.0%
Hurdle
+46 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
3 days
9 Nov 2026
Close · USD$15.49
1D-0.6%
1W-1.6%
1M-19.0%
3M-32.5%
6M-12.9%
YTD-12.0%
1Y-24.3%
ATR %6.5%
Beta2.04
52w lowhigh48.2% off high

What Groupon does

Employees: 1,734

Groupon at a glance

Size Groupon (GRPN) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Internet Retail) with a market value of $630M, the 2558th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $15.49 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 12.9%, against +5.8% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 2.0% over the last twelve months (peer median -4.9%); the operating margin is 1.6% (peer median 2.2%).

Valuation It trades at 33.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.6× (5th most expensive of 15).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 27% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -19%, so the hurdle is +46 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Credit Groupon has 1 bond outstanding ($244M).

Short interest Short interest is 30.9% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 9 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012515017511 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 111GRPN 92
Six months, rebased to 100: Groupon against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Groupon financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$497M$498M$493M$515M$599M
Revenue growth—+1%-4%-14%—
Gross profit$443M$443M$430M$432M$501M
EBITDA$24.5M$31.6M$35.6M$41.0M-$45.1M
Net income-$126M-$83.5M-$59.0M-$55.4M-$238M
Free cash flow$29.9M$49.9M$40.6M-$97.8M-$172M
Capital expenditure$14.3M$14.6M$15.9M$21.8M$38.8M
Total debt$312M$350M$253M$279M$347M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Groupon competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-25%0%+25%+50%0%+20%9997ASC6011132678AO002640HFG3964300792WOOFKITSTHGMSTCLTD3010883005920021273182AHGARAMIGRPN6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Groupon is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%0×100×6011132678AOHFG3964300792WOOFKITS3010883005920021273182ARAMIGRPNRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Groupon is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+50%+100%0%50%100%ASCAO002640HFG3964300792KITS300592INDIAMART3182GRPNGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Groupon is the large dot.

Groupon competitors and peer comparison

How Groupon compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Groupon against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureGRPNPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-19.0%+0.4%lowest of 21
6-month return-12.9%+5.8%7th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-48.2%-25.5%3rd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+2.0%-4.9%8th highest of 21
Operating margin1.6%2.2%11th highest of 21
Forward P/E33.7×18.6×5th most expensive of 15
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)27.5%6.6%5th most demanding of 16
Growth delivered (Del g)-18.9%+3.9%2nd lowest of 16
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+46.3 pp+6.7 pp3rd most demanding of 16
Net debt / EBITDA2.3×1.6×6th most indebted of 13

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Groupon GRPNUnited States$630M-13%+2%2%33.7×27.5%-18.9%
Belluna 9997.TJapan$629M+22%+5%8%n/an/an/a
ASOS ASC.LUnited Kingdom$670M+88%-15%-1%n/a1.2%-5.5%
Yiwu Huading Nylon 601113.SSChina$670M-28%-5%1%41.2×n/an/a
ASKUL 2678.TJapan$682M+2%-20%-5%29.2×n/an/a
AO World AO..LUnited Kingdom$687M+6%+11%4%13.3×3.0%-5.3%
Global Top E-Commerce 002640.SZChina$757M-12%-6%1%n/a33.4%-19.8%
HelloFresh HFG.DEGermany$483M-28%-13%0%9.7×24.1%+12.5%
Aucnet 3964.TJapan$824M+12%+12%15%15.5×0.1%+21.6%
Hangzhou Onechance Tech Crop 300792.SZChina$839M-32%-19%9%46.2×19.9%-3.7%
Petco Health & Wellness WOOFUnited States$848M+5%-1%3%12.5×6.6%+3.9%
Kits Eyecare KITS.TOCanada$462M+64%+21%4%85.5×28.3%+21.9%
THG THG.LUnited Kingdom$877M+30%+10%-1%n/an/an/a
MSTC MSTCLTD.NSIndia$439M+30%+21%58%n/a34.9%-13.9%
Rumere 301088.SZChina$422M-16%-25%1%20.3×30.8%-6.9%
Huakai Yibai Technology 300592.SZChina$966M+27%-11%7%15.7×3.4%+132.3%
IndiaMART InterMESH INDIAMART.NSIndia$985M-26%+12%34%17.0×8.2%+18.6%
NanJi E-Commerce 002127.SZChina$1.05B-1%-28%-12%29.9×6.4%-9.0%
Oisix 3182.TJapan$368M+17%-5%3%12.1×-6.6%+20.2%
Akso Health Group Sponsored ADR AHGUnited States$1.14B-34%-6%-29%n/an/an/a
Aramis ARAMI.PAFrance$327M+22%-2%1%185.8×4.9%+23.4%

Groupon bonds and credit

Groupon has 1 bond outstanding with $244M face value.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Which companies are Groupon's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Belluna (9997.T), ASOS (ASC.L), Yiwu Huading Nylon (601113.SS), ASKUL (2678.T), AO World (AO..L), Global Top E-Commerce (002640.SZ), HelloFresh (HFG.DE), Aucnet (3964.T).
Is Groupon expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 33.7× against a peer median of 18.6×, 5th most expensive of 15 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 27% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -19%, so the hurdle is +46 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has Groupon stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -12.9% against +5.8% for the median peer; over one year -24.3%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.