Maplebear (CART) Competitors

Trip.com Group (NASDAQ:TCOM) and Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TCOM or CART?

Trip.com Group has higher revenue and earnings than Maplebear. Trip.com Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maplebear, 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
Trip.com Group	$53.29B	0.72	$1.40B	$3.49	17.01
Maplebear	$3.38B	3.09	-$1.62B	$1.58	25.19

Which has more risk and volatility, TCOM or CART?

Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maplebear has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate TCOM or CART?

Trip.com Group presently has a consensus target price of $77.08, indicating a potential upside of 29.81%. Maplebear has a consensus target price of $50.48, indicating a potential upside of 26.83%. Given Trip.com Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Trip.com Group is more favorable than Maplebear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trip.com Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.09
Maplebear	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61

Is TCOM or CART more profitable?

Trip.com Group has a net margin of 31.86% compared to Maplebear's net margin of 13.37%. Maplebear's return on equity of 13.78% beat Trip.com Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trip.com Group	31.86%	12.04%	6.70%
Maplebear	13.37%	13.78%	10.51%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TCOM or CART?

35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Maplebear shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.0% of Maplebear shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor TCOM or CART?

In the previous week, Maplebear had 10 more articles in the media than Trip.com Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Maplebear and 17 mentions for Trip.com Group. Maplebear's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Trip.com Group's score of 1.04 indicating that Maplebear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trip.com Group	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Maplebear	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TCOM or CART?

Trip.com Group received 35 more outperform votes than Maplebear when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.82% of users gave Maplebear an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Trip.com Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trip.com Group	Outperform Votes 102 56.67%	Underperform Votes 78 43.33%
Maplebear	Outperform Votes 67 59.82%	Underperform Votes 45 40.18%

Summary

Maplebear beats Trip.com Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.