Karooooo (KARO) Competitors

Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) and Karooooo (NASDAQ:KARO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation and earnings.

Is CFLT or KARO more profitable?

Karooooo has a net margin of 20.23% compared to Confluent's net margin of -29.27%. Karooooo's return on equity of 31.48% beat Confluent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Confluent	-29.27%	-27.34%	-10.07%
Karooooo	20.23%	31.48%	19.98%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CFLT or KARO?

78.1% of Confluent shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of Confluent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 74.7% of Karooooo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CFLT or KARO?

Karooooo has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Confluent. Confluent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Karooooo, 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
Confluent	$963.64M	6.86	-$345.07M	-$0.94	-20.40
Karooooo	$249.96M	6.43	$50.38M	$1.72	30.26

Which has more risk & volatility, CFLT or KARO?

Confluent has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Karooooo has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CFLT or KARO?

Confluent currently has a consensus price target of $27.36, indicating a potential upside of 42.63%. Karooooo has a consensus price target of $58.25, indicating a potential upside of 11.91%. Given Confluent's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Confluent is more favorable than Karooooo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Confluent	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Karooooo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Does the media favor CFLT or KARO?

In the previous week, Confluent had 5 more articles in the media than Karooooo. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Confluent and 11 mentions for Karooooo. Confluent's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Karooooo's score of 0.79 indicating that Confluent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Confluent	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Karooooo	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Karooooo beats Confluent on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.