CARG vs. EVTC, DRVN, LCII, GTX, QS, DORM, RAMP, ADNT, PSNY, and KAR
Should you be buying CarGurus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CarGurus include EVERTEC (EVTC), Driven Brands (DRVN), LCI Industries (LCII), Garrett Motion (GTX), QuantumScape (QS), Dorman Products (DORM), LiveRamp (RAMP), Adient (ADNT), Polestar Automotive Holding UK (PSNY), and OPENLANE (KAR).
EVERTEC (NYSE:EVTC) and CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
CarGurus received 212 more outperform votes than EVERTEC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.53% of users gave CarGurus an outperform vote while only 59.49% of users gave EVERTEC an outperform vote.
In the previous week, EVERTEC and EVERTEC both had 10 articles in the media. CarGurus' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat EVERTEC's score of 0.29 indicating that EVERTEC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EVERTEC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CarGurus. EVERTEC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CarGurus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EVERTEC currently has a consensus target price of $41.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.23%. CarGurus has a consensus target price of $24.90, suggesting a potential upside of 8.50%. Given CarGurus' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe EVERTEC is more favorable than CarGurus.
96.8% of EVERTEC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of CarGurus shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of EVERTEC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of CarGurus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
EVERTEC has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarGurus has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EVERTEC has a net margin of 8.87% compared to EVERTEC's net margin of 3.40%. CarGurus' return on equity of 29.86% beat EVERTEC's return on equity.
Summary
EVERTEC beats CarGurus on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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