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CARG vs. ALLE, CART, STN, QXO, RTO, FTAI, ICLR, BILI, FOUR, and MEDP

Should you be buying CarGurus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CarGurus include Allegion (ALLE), Maplebear (CART), Stantec (STN), QXO (QXO), Rentokil Initial (RTO), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Icon (ICLR), Bilibili (BILI), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), and Medpace (MEDP). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

CarGurus vs. Its Competitors

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

Allegion has higher revenue and earnings than CarGurus. Allegion 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
Allegion$3.77B3.77$597.50M$7.2022.98
CarGurus$894.38M3.91$20.97M$0.3595.74

Allegion currently has a consensus target price of $164.57, suggesting a potential downside of 0.54%. CarGurus has a consensus target price of $37.63, suggesting a potential upside of 12.28%. Given CarGurus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CarGurus is more favorable than Allegion.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Allegion
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
CarGurus
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

Allegion has a net margin of 16.15% compared to CarGurus' net margin of 4.28%. Allegion's return on equity of 42.62% beat CarGurus' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Allegion16.15% 42.62% 14.55%
CarGurus 4.28%32.54%20.08%

In the previous week, Allegion had 35 more articles in the media than CarGurus. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Allegion and 9 mentions for CarGurus. CarGurus' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Allegion's score of 0.85 indicating that CarGurus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Allegion
18 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CarGurus
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

92.2% of Allegion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of CarGurus shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Allegion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of CarGurus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Allegion has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarGurus has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CarGurus beats Allegion on 9 of the 16 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$3.51B$2.14B$18.64B$9.50B
Dividend YieldN/A3.85%2.84%4.01%
P/E Ratio95.7522.7324.8820.08
Price / Sales3.911.1016.0889.32
Price / Cash10.998.4717.4758.56
Price / Book6.432.532.915.88
Net Income$20.97M$100.98M$818.76M$258.89M
7 Day Performance1.06%3.30%2.65%3.71%
1 Month Performance2.20%13.92%10.91%11.72%
1 Year Performance32.71%14.64%2.03%18.01%

CarGurus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CARG
CarGurus
4.6201 of 5 stars
$33.51
-0.4%
$37.63
+12.3%
+33.0%$3.51B$894.38M95.751,282Positive News
ALLE
Allegion
4.3701 of 5 stars
$149.63
-2.1%
$151.57
+1.3%
+24.5%$12.88B$3.77B21.0214,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CART
Maplebear
2.5476 of 5 stars
$49.03
-0.2%
$52.30
+6.7%
+42.0%$12.87B$3.38B32.263,265News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
STN
Stantec
1.8051 of 5 stars
$111.68
-0.3%
N/A+29.4%$12.74B$5.47B46.1532,000
QXO
QXO
3.457 of 5 stars
$21.92
+1.3%
$33.17
+51.3%
-73.6%$12.72B$55.95M-2.40195High Trading Volume
RTO
Rentokil Initial
2.2398 of 5 stars
$23.76
-0.3%
N/A-18.1%$12.00B$6.95B15.7368,485Upcoming Earnings
FTAI
FTAI Aviation
4.7495 of 5 stars
$113.88
+0.3%
$171.83
+50.9%
+11.3%$11.68B$1.73B542.2940News Coverage
Positive News
ICLR
Icon
4.095 of 5 stars
$139.63
-2.7%
$198.08
+41.9%
-40.3%$11.28B$8.28B15.2141,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
BILI
Bilibili
1.5251 of 5 stars
$24.95
-1.0%
$23.79
-4.7%
+59.9%$10.43B$3.68B-124.748,088
FOUR
Shift4 Payments
2.7451 of 5 stars
$105.98
-0.5%
$116.70
+10.1%
+55.7%$9.39B$3.33B35.814,000Upcoming Earnings
MEDP
Medpace
3.7119 of 5 stars
$308.88
-1.0%
$344.82
+11.6%
+17.6%$8.88B$2.11B23.585,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:CARG) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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