CarGurus (CARG) Competitors

CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) and Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

Is CARG or DRVN more profitable?

CarGurus has a net margin of 3.40% compared to Driven Brands' net margin of -32.33%. Driven Brands' return on equity of 11.00% beat CarGurus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CarGurus	3.40%	7.74%	5.21%
Driven Brands	-32.33%	11.00%	2.27%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CARG or DRVN?

CarGurus received 455 more outperform votes than Driven Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.53% of users gave CarGurus an outperform vote while only 55.71% of users gave Driven Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CarGurus	Outperform Votes 494 62.53%	Underperform Votes 296 37.47%
Driven Brands	Outperform Votes 39 55.71%	Underperform Votes 31 44.29%

Which has more risk & volatility, CARG or DRVN?

CarGurus has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Driven Brands has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CARG or DRVN?

86.9% of CarGurus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Driven Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 15.7% of CarGurus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Driven Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CARG or DRVN?

CarGurus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Driven Brands. Driven Brands 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
CarGurus	$914.24M	2.76	$31.10M	$0.18	130.39
Driven Brands	$2.30B	1.07	-$744.96M	-$4.52	-3.33

Do analysts recommend CARG or DRVN?

CarGurus presently has a consensus price target of $24.90, indicating a potential upside of 6.09%. Driven Brands has a consensus price target of $19.89, indicating a potential upside of 32.15%. Given Driven Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Driven Brands is more favorable than CarGurus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CarGurus	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Driven Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the media favor CARG or DRVN?

In the previous week, CarGurus had 9 more articles in the media than Driven Brands. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for CarGurus and 5 mentions for Driven Brands. Driven Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat CarGurus' score of 0.43 indicating that Driven Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

CarGurus beats Driven Brands on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.