CPRT vs. NU, MRVL, PLTR, SQ, RSG, SPOT, PAYX, WCN, FIS, and TT
Should you be buying Copart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Copart include NU (NU), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Block (SQ), Republic Services (RSG), Spotify Technology (SPOT), Paychex (PAYX), Waste Connections (WCN), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), and Trane Technologies (TT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Copart (NASDAQ:CPRT) and NU (NYSE:NU) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Copart has a net margin of 33.41% compared to NU's net margin of 12.84%. Copart's return on equity of 21.55% beat NU's return on equity.
Copart presently has a consensus target price of $51.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.64%. NU has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.92%. Given Copart's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Copart is more favorable than NU.
Copart has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NU has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Copart received 354 more outperform votes than NU when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.80% of users gave Copart an outperform vote while only 52.08% of users gave NU an outperform vote.
In the previous week, NU had 24 more articles in the media than Copart. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for NU and 10 mentions for Copart. Copart's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat NU's score of 0.37 indicating that Copart is being referred to more favorably in the media.
85.8% of Copart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of NU shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of Copart shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of NU shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Copart has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NU. Copart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NU, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Copart beats NU on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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