CarGurus (CARG) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate XPEL or CARG?

XPEL presently has a consensus target price of $94.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.45%. CarGurus has a consensus target price of $21.27, suggesting a potential upside of 1.54%. Given XPEL's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe XPEL is more favorable than CarGurus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XPEL	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CarGurus	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer XPEL or CARG?

CarGurus received 446 more outperform votes than XPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.05% of users gave CarGurus an outperform vote while only 56.76% of users gave XPEL an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
XPEL	Outperform Votes 42 56.76%	Underperform Votes 32 43.24%
CarGurus	Outperform Votes 488 63.05%	Underperform Votes 286 36.95%

Which has more risk & volatility, XPEL or CARG?

XPEL has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarGurus has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor XPEL or CARG?

In the previous week, XPEL had 6 more articles in the media than CarGurus. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for XPEL and 4 mentions for CarGurus. CarGurus' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat XPEL's score of 0.39 indicating that CarGurus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
XPEL	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CarGurus	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, XPEL or CARG?

CarGurus has higher revenue and earnings than XPEL. XPEL 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
XPEL	$323.99 million	6.52	$41.38 million	$1.62	47.22
CarGurus	$1.66 billion	1.44	$193.79 million	$0.35	59.94

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in XPEL or CARG?

59.5% of XPEL shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of CarGurus shares are held by institutional investors. 22.6% of XPEL shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of CarGurus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is XPEL or CARG more profitable?

CarGurus has a net margin of 18.68% compared to XPEL's net margin of 13.32%. XPEL's return on equity of 37.55% beat CarGurus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XPEL	13.32%	37.55%	23.13%
CarGurus	18.68%	17.88%	11.12%

Summary

XPEL and CarGurus tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.