CarGurus (CARG) Competitors

ICON Public (NASDAQ:ICLR) and CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.

Is ICLR or CARG more profitable?

ICON Public has a net margin of 9.56% compared to CarGurus' net margin of 2.34%. CarGurus' return on equity of 27.14% beat ICON Public's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ICON Public	9.56%	11.81%	6.65%
CarGurus	2.34%	27.14%	16.99%

Do analysts rate ICLR or CARG?

ICON Public currently has a consensus price target of $215.33, suggesting a potential upside of 50.62%. CarGurus has a consensus price target of $37.14, suggesting a potential upside of 31.74%. Given ICON Public's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe ICON Public is more favorable than CarGurus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ICON Public	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
CarGurus	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Which has more volatility and risk, ICLR or CARG?

ICON Public has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarGurus has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ICLR or CARG?

95.6% of ICON Public shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of CarGurus shares are held by institutional investors. 44.0% of ICON Public shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of CarGurus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ICLR or CARG?

ICON Public received 105 more outperform votes than CarGurus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.35% of users gave ICON Public an outperform vote while only 63.39% of users gave CarGurus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ICON Public	Outperform Votes 628 65.35%	Underperform Votes 333 34.65%
CarGurus	Outperform Votes 523 63.39%	Underperform Votes 302 36.61%

Does the media favor ICLR or CARG?

In the previous week, ICON Public had 7 more articles in the media than CarGurus. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for ICON Public and 8 mentions for CarGurus. CarGurus' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat ICON Public's score of 0.27 indicating that CarGurus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ICON Public	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CarGurus	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ICLR or CARG?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ICON Public	$8.28B	1.39	$612.34M	$9.53	15.00
CarGurus	$894.38M	3.29	$31.10M	$0.18	156.61

Summary

ICON Public beats CarGurus on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.