Karooooo (KARO) Competitors

Parsons (NYSE:PSN) and Karooooo (NASDAQ:KARO) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PSN or KARO?

Parsons received 96 more outperform votes than Karooooo when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.21% of users gave Karooooo an outperform vote while only 60.56% of users gave Parsons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Parsons	Outperform Votes 129 60.56%	Underperform Votes 84 39.44%
Karooooo	Outperform Votes 33 70.21%	Underperform Votes 14 29.79%

Which has more risk & volatility, PSN or KARO?

Parsons has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Karooooo has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate PSN or KARO?

Parsons presently has a consensus target price of $86.90, indicating a potential upside of 24.84%. Karooooo has a consensus target price of $47.50, indicating a potential downside of 20.21%. Given Parsons' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Parsons is more favorable than Karooooo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Parsons	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Karooooo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is PSN or KARO more profitable?

Karooooo has a net margin of 19.87% compared to Parsons' net margin of 1.30%. Karooooo's return on equity of 30.29% beat Parsons' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Parsons	1.30%	12.82%	5.73%
Karooooo	19.87%	30.29%	19.88%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PSN or KARO?

98.0% of Parsons shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Parsons shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 74.7% of Karooooo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PSN or KARO?

Parsons has higher revenue and earnings than Karooooo. Parsons 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
Parsons	$6.77B	1.10	$161.15M	$2.37	29.37
Karooooo	$4.57B	0.40	$39.57M	$1.64	36.30

Does the media prefer PSN or KARO?

In the previous week, Parsons had 28 more articles in the media than Karooooo. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Parsons and 4 mentions for Karooooo. Parsons' average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Karooooo's score of -0.10 indicating that Parsons is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Parsons	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Karooooo	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Parsons beats Karooooo on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.