CARG vs. QXO, STN, ALLE, RTO, CART, FTAI, ICLR, HQY, MEDP, and BILI
Should you be buying CarGurus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CarGurus include QXO (QXO), Stantec (STN), Allegion (ALLE), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Maplebear (CART), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Icon (ICLR), HealthEquity (HQY), Medpace (MEDP), and Bilibili (BILI). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
CarGurus vs. Its Competitors
QXO (NASDAQ:QXO) and CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
QXO has a beta of 2.41, suggesting that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarGurus has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
QXO has a net margin of 30.08% compared to CarGurus' net margin of 4.28%. CarGurus' return on equity of 32.54% beat QXO's return on equity.
CarGurus has higher revenue and earnings than QXO. QXO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CarGurus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
QXO presently has a consensus target price of $33.25, suggesting a potential upside of 51.48%. CarGurus has a consensus target price of $37.86, suggesting a potential upside of 12.44%. Given QXO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe QXO is more favorable than CarGurus.
58.7% of QXO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of CarGurus shares are held by institutional investors. 51.3% of QXO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of CarGurus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, CarGurus had 11 more articles in the media than QXO. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for CarGurus and 14 mentions for QXO. QXO's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat CarGurus' score of 0.27 indicating that QXO is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CarGurus beats QXO on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:CARG) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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