CART vs. WCN, TCOM, IQV, RDDT, CPAY, GIB, TOST, AER, RBA, and GRAB
Should you be buying Maplebear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maplebear include Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Reddit (RDDT), Corpay (CPAY), CGI Group (GIB), Toast (TOST), Aercap (AER), RB Global (RBA), and Grab (GRAB). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Maplebear vs. Its Competitors
Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Maplebear has a net margin of 12.45% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 6.93%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 15.74% beat Maplebear's return on equity.
Waste Connections currently has a consensus target price of $213.57, suggesting a potential upside of 16.81%. Maplebear has a consensus target price of $51.95, suggesting a potential upside of 5.79%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Maplebear.
Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than Maplebear. Maplebear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.1% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Maplebear shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.0% of Maplebear shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maplebear has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Maplebear had 8 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Maplebear and 13 mentions for Waste Connections. Maplebear's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.61 indicating that Maplebear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Waste Connections beats Maplebear on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:CART) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
