CARG vs. EVTC, RAMP, UPWK, SSTK, INOV, CART, ULS, GLOB, ETSY, and BILI
Should you be buying CarGurus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CarGurus include EVERTEC (EVTC), LiveRamp (RAMP), Upwork (UPWK), Shutterstock (SSTK), Inovalon (INOV), Maplebear (CART), UL Solutions (ULS), Globant (GLOB), Etsy (ETSY), and Bilibili (BILI).
CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) and EVERTEC (NYSE:EVTC) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
86.9% of CarGurus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of EVERTEC shares are held by institutional investors. 17.2% of CarGurus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of EVERTEC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CarGurus received 216 more outperform votes than EVERTEC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.61% of users gave CarGurus an outperform vote while only 59.58% of users gave EVERTEC an outperform vote.
CarGurus has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EVERTEC has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CarGurus had 13 more articles in the media than EVERTEC. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for CarGurus and 4 mentions for EVERTEC. CarGurus' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat EVERTEC's score of 0.10 indicating that CarGurus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CarGurus presently has a consensus price target of $27.56, indicating a potential upside of 9.16%. EVERTEC has a consensus price target of $38.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.79%. Given EVERTEC's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe EVERTEC is more favorable than CarGurus.
EVERTEC has a net margin of 8.87% compared to CarGurus' net margin of 4.04%. EVERTEC's return on equity of 29.86% beat CarGurus' return on equity.
EVERTEC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CarGurus. EVERTEC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CarGurus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CarGurus beats EVERTEC on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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