Maplebear (CART) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Maplebear Inc., doing business as Instacart, operates an online grocery technology and delivery marketplace. Its platform connects consumers with retailers and independent personal shoppers, allowing customers to order groceries and other household products for delivery or pickup through Instacart’s website and mobile applications.

Instacart offers retailers digital storefronts, order fulfillment tools, customer engagement capabilities and other technology designed to support online grocery operations. The company also provides advertising services that enable consumer brands and retailers to promote products across its platform, along with enterprise solutions intended to help retailers manage e-commerce and omnichannel shopping experiences.

Founded in 2012, the company was initially established as Maplebear and became widely known under the Instacart brand. Instacart primarily serves customers and retail partners in the United States and Canada. Fidji Simo serves as chief executive officer, having succeeded co-founder Apoorva Mehta in 2021. Maplebear became a publicly traded company on the Nasdaq under the symbol CART in 2023.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $49.33 to $51.58
• 50-Day Range: $42.96 to $51.78
• 52-Week Range: $32.73 to $52.68
• Volume: 4.82 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.81 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $11.84 billion
• P/E Ratio: 27.94
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $58.24
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Maplebear Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Maplebear scored higher than 83% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 37th out of 167 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Maplebear has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.70, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 14 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Maplebear has a consensus price target of $58.24, representing about 13.9% upside from its current price of $51.13.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Maplebear has been the subject of 13 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 26.61%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Maplebear are expected to grow by 26.61% in the coming year, from $2.33 to $2.95 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Maplebear is 27.94, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 36.32.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Maplebear is 27.94, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 12.82.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Maplebear has a PEG Ratio of 0.96. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Maplebear has a P/B Ratio of 5.33. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.48% of the float of Maplebear has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Maplebear has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.85.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Maplebear has recently increased by 41.88%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Maplebear does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Maplebear does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.70

News Sentiment

Maplebear has a news sentiment score of 0.70. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Maplebear this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

38 people have searched for CART on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 65% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Maplebear to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Maplebear insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $9,479,487.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

24.00% of the stock of Maplebear is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

63.09% of the stock of Maplebear is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 10/16/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
• Sub-Industry: Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:CART
• CIK: 1579091
• Web: www.instacart.com
• Phone: 888-246-7822
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,600
• Year Founded: 2012

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Maplebear: $58.24
• High Price Target: $77.00
• Low Price Target: $45.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.70
• Research Coverage: 20 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.83
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 27.94
• Forward P/E Ratio: 21.94
• P/E Growth: 0.96
• Net Income: $447 million
• Net Margins: 11.97%
• Pretax Margin: 15.65%
• Return on Equity: 20.19%
• Return on Assets: 14.13%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.28
• Quick Ratio: 2.28

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.74 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.16
• Cash Flow: $2.40 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 21.34
• Book Value: $9.59 per share
• Price / Book: 5.33

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 231,500,000
• Free Float: 175,940,000
• Market Cap: $11.84 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.87