NU vs. CPRT, PLTR, SPOT, SQ, MRVL, PAYX, WCN, RSG, FIS, and IT
Should you be buying NU stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NU include Copart (CPRT), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Spotify Technology (SPOT), Block (SQ), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Paychex (PAYX), Waste Connections (WCN), Republic Services (RSG), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), and Gartner (IT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
NU (NYSE:NU) and Copart (NASDAQ:CPRT) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.
NU presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.46%. Copart has a consensus target price of $51.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.61%. Given Copart's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Copart is more favorable than NU.
NU has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Copart has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.9% of NU shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Copart shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of NU shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Copart shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, NU had 18 more articles in the media than Copart. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for NU and 5 mentions for Copart. Copart's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat NU's score of 0.30 indicating that Copart is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Copart has a net margin of 33.41% compared to NU's net margin of 12.84%. Copart's return on equity of 21.55% beat NU's return on equity.
Copart received 354 more outperform votes than NU when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.80% of users gave Copart an outperform vote while only 52.08% of users gave NU an outperform vote.
Copart has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NU. Copart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NU, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Copart beats NU on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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