Flywire (FLYW) Competitors

Flywire (NASDAQ:FLYW) and Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, FLYW or CART?

Flywire has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maplebear has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FLYW or CART?

Flywire received 37 more outperform votes than Maplebear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.25% of users gave Flywire an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Maplebear an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Flywire	Outperform Votes 85 70.25%	Underperform Votes 36 29.75%
Maplebear	Outperform Votes 48 57.14%	Underperform Votes 36 42.86%

Is FLYW or CART more profitable?

Maplebear has a net margin of 13.37% compared to Flywire's net margin of 4.23%. Maplebear's return on equity of 13.78% beat Flywire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flywire	4.23%	2.49%	1.86%
Maplebear	13.37%	13.78%	10.51%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FLYW or CART?

95.9% of Flywire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Maplebear shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Flywire shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.0% of Maplebear shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor FLYW or CART?

In the previous week, Maplebear had 12 more articles in the media than Flywire. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Maplebear and 15 mentions for Flywire. Maplebear's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Flywire's score of 0.63 indicating that Maplebear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Flywire	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Maplebear	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend FLYW or CART?

Flywire currently has a consensus price target of $25.29, indicating a potential upside of 17.66%. Maplebear has a consensus price target of $47.14, indicating a potential upside of 6.67%. Given Flywire's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Flywire is more favorable than Maplebear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flywire	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Maplebear	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better valuation & earnings, FLYW or CART?

Flywire has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Maplebear. Maplebear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flywire, 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
Flywire	$403.09M	6.63	-$8.57M	$0.15	143.27
Maplebear	$3.04B	3.73	-$1.62B	$1.49	29.66

Summary

Flywire beats Maplebear on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.