Driven Brands (DRVN) Competitors

Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) and Service Corporation International (NYSE:SCI) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.

Do analysts prefer DRVN or SCI?

Driven Brands currently has a consensus price target of $20.78, indicating a potential upside of 19.21%. Service Corporation International has a consensus price target of $89.25, indicating a potential upside of 12.36%. Given Driven Brands' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Driven Brands is more favorable than Service Corporation International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Driven Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Service Corporation International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DRVN or SCI?

Service Corporation International has higher revenue and earnings than Driven Brands. Driven Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Service Corporation International, 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
Driven Brands	$2.34B	1.22	-$292.50M	-$1.81	-9.63
Service Corporation International	$4.19B	2.70	$518.65M	$3.64	21.82

Which has more volatility & risk, DRVN or SCI?

Driven Brands has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Corporation International has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DRVN or SCI?

In the previous week, Service Corporation International had 3 more articles in the media than Driven Brands. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Service Corporation International and 4 mentions for Driven Brands. Driven Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Service Corporation International's score of 1.11 indicating that Driven Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Driven Brands	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Service Corporation International	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DRVN or SCI?

77.1% of Driven Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Service Corporation International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Driven Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Service Corporation International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DRVN or SCI more profitable?

Service Corporation International has a net margin of 12.58% compared to Driven Brands' net margin of -12.75%. Service Corporation International's return on equity of 32.35% beat Driven Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Driven Brands	-12.75%	19.61%	2.79%
Service Corporation International	12.58%	32.35%	3.05%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DRVN or SCI?

Service Corporation International received 284 more outperform votes than Driven Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.13% of users gave Service Corporation International an outperform vote while only 57.29% of users gave Driven Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Driven Brands	Outperform Votes 55 57.29%	Underperform Votes 41 42.71%
Service Corporation International	Outperform Votes 339 67.13%	Underperform Votes 166 32.87%

Summary

Service Corporation International beats Driven Brands on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.