Driven Brands (DRVN) Competitors

CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) and Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CARG or DRVN?

CarGurus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Driven Brands. Driven Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CarGurus, 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
CarGurus	$914.24M	2.73	$31.10M	$0.18	129.17
Driven Brands	$2.30B	1.02	-$744.96M	-$4.52	-3.16

Does the media refer more to CARG or DRVN?

In the previous week, CarGurus had 8 more articles in the media than Driven Brands. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for CarGurus and 5 mentions for Driven Brands. CarGurus' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Driven Brands' score of 0.43 indicating that Driven Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CarGurus	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Driven Brands	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CARG or DRVN?

CarGurus has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Driven Brands has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CARG or DRVN?

CarGurus received 455 more outperform votes than Driven Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.53% of users gave CarGurus an outperform vote while only 55.71% of users gave Driven Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CarGurus	Outperform Votes 494 62.53%	Underperform Votes 296 37.47%
Driven Brands	Outperform Votes 39 55.71%	Underperform Votes 31 44.29%

Do analysts prefer CARG or DRVN?

CarGurus currently has a consensus price target of $24.90, indicating a potential upside of 6.82%. Driven Brands has a consensus price target of $19.89, indicating a potential upside of 37.64%. Given CarGurus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Driven Brands is more favorable than CarGurus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CarGurus	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Driven Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CARG or DRVN?

86.9% of CarGurus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Driven Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 15.7% of CarGurus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Driven Brands shares are held by 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.

Is CARG or DRVN more profitable?

CarGurus has a net margin of 3.40% compared to CarGurus' net margin of -32.33%. CarGurus' return on equity of 11.00% beat Driven Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CarGurus	3.40%	7.74%	5.21%
Driven Brands	-32.33%	11.00%	2.27%

Summary

CarGurus beats Driven Brands on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.