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CARG vs. QXO, MEDP, ICLR, ULS, RTO, STN, CART, BILI, LYFT, and HQY

Should you be buying CarGurus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CarGurus include QXO (QXO), Medpace (MEDP), Icon (ICLR), UL Solutions (ULS), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Stantec (STN), Maplebear (CART), Bilibili (BILI), Lyft (LYFT), and HealthEquity (HQY). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

CarGurus vs. Its Competitors

CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) and QXO (NASDAQ:QXO) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

CarGurus has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QXO has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CarGurus currently has a consensus price target of $38.46, suggesting a potential upside of 3.05%. QXO has a consensus price target of $33.73, suggesting a potential upside of 70.03%. Given QXO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe QXO is more favorable than CarGurus.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CarGurus
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46
QXO
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.07

In the previous week, QXO had 2 more articles in the media than CarGurus. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for QXO and 5 mentions for CarGurus. QXO's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat CarGurus' score of 0.43 indicating that QXO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CarGurus
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
QXO
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CarGurus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than QXO. QXO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CarGurus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CarGurus$894.38M4.14$20.97M$1.2330.34
QXO$1.95B6.86-$1.07M-$0.21-94.46

QXO has a net margin of 30.08% compared to CarGurus' net margin of 14.12%. CarGurus' return on equity of 36.23% beat QXO's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CarGurus14.12% 36.23% 22.36%
QXO 30.08%1.58%1.30%

86.9% of CarGurus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.7% of QXO shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.2% of CarGurus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.3% of QXO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

QXO beats CarGurus on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CARG vs. The Competition

MetricCarGurusAUTO/TRUCK IndustryAuto SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.76B$2.29B$22.08B$10.51B
Dividend YieldN/A3.57%2.76%4.57%
P/E Ratio30.3441.7118.3426.61
Price / Sales4.141.2044.2991.51
Price / Cash12.369.9521.7661.85
Price / Book7.162.942.976.45
Net Income$20.97M$100.98M$821.58M$271.57M
7 Day Performance1.55%2.74%1.14%2.61%
1 Month Performance9.19%2.43%0.29%7.28%
1 Year Performance24.28%20.76%9.50%29.60%

CarGurus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CARG
CarGurus
3.3597 of 5 stars
$37.32
-1.3%
$38.46
+3.1%
+25.3%$3.76B$894.38M30.341,282Positive News
QXO
QXO
3.2889 of 5 stars
$21.18
+2.0%
$33.73
+59.2%
+27.7%$14.27B$1.95B-2.32195
MEDP
Medpace
4.3226 of 5 stars
$496.41
+1.2%
$422.27
-14.9%
+37.1%$13.94B$2.11B36.915,900Positive News
ICLR
Icon
4.2391 of 5 stars
$170.46
-2.6%
$216.67
+27.1%
-42.5%$13.77B$8.28B17.5441,900Positive News
ULS
UL Solutions
1.2707 of 5 stars
$67.58
+1.2%
$70.86
+4.9%
+40.0%$13.57B$2.87B41.7115,094Positive News
RTO
Rentokil Initial
1.7453 of 5 stars
$25.09
-1.5%
N/A-1.2%$12.67B$6.95B16.6168,485Positive News
STN
Stantec
3.1276 of 5 stars
$110.92
+0.4%
N/A+34.0%$12.65B$5.47B40.4832,000
CART
Maplebear
4.1061 of 5 stars
$46.38
+0.0%
$55.71
+20.1%
+5.5%$12.22B$3.38B26.813,265Positive News
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BILI
Bilibili
1.9024 of 5 stars
$27.08
+6.4%
$24.91
-8.0%
+61.9%$11.32B$3.68B386.868,088Gap Down
LYFT
Lyft
4.3552 of 5 stars
$20.44
+9.8%
$17.07
-16.5%
+73.6%$8.31B$5.79B85.172,934Trending News
Analyst Forecast
HQY
HealthEquity
4.3698 of 5 stars
$93.02
+0.6%
$119.77
+28.8%
+18.5%$8.01B$1.20B56.383,120Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:CARG) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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