CARG vs. XPEL, DAN, DORM, THRM, FSR, LVWR, LAZR, KAR, CTOS, and MOD
Should you be buying CarGurus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CarGurus include XPEL (XPEL), Dana (DAN), Dorman Products (DORM), Gentherm (THRM), Fisker (FSR), LiveWire Group (LVWR), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), OPENLANE (KAR), Custom Truck One Source (CTOS), and Modine Manufacturing (MOD). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
CarGurus vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
XPEL and CarGurus tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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