Cars.com (CARS) Competitors

Cars.com (NYSE:CARS) and PagSeguro Digital (NYSE:PAGS) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CARS or PAGS?

89.2% of Cars.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of PagSeguro Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Cars.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer CARS or PAGS?

Cars.com presently has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 57.21%. PagSeguro Digital has a consensus price target of $11.88, indicating a potential upside of 21.67%. Given Cars.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cars.com is more favorable than PagSeguro Digital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cars.com	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
PagSeguro Digital	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CARS or PAGS?

PagSeguro Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Cars.com. PagSeguro Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cars.com, 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
Cars.com	$719.15M	1.04	$118.44M	$0.72	16.34
PagSeguro Digital	$18.33B	0.18	$331.23M	$1.23	7.93

Which has more volatility & risk, CARS or PAGS?

Cars.com has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PagSeguro Digital has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CARS or PAGS?

PagSeguro Digital received 145 more outperform votes than Cars.com when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.53% of users gave Cars.com an outperform vote while only 61.72% of users gave PagSeguro Digital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cars.com	Outperform Votes 242 64.53%	Underperform Votes 133 35.47%
PagSeguro Digital	Outperform Votes 387 61.72%	Underperform Votes 240 38.28%

Is CARS or PAGS more profitable?

PagSeguro Digital has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Cars.com's net margin of 5.46%. PagSeguro Digital's return on equity of 15.49% beat Cars.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cars.com	5.46%	9.99%	4.33%
PagSeguro Digital	11.12%	15.49%	3.49%

Does the media favor CARS or PAGS?

In the previous week, PagSeguro Digital had 2 more articles in the media than Cars.com. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for PagSeguro Digital and 4 mentions for Cars.com. PagSeguro Digital's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Cars.com's score of 0.81 indicating that PagSeguro Digital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cars.com	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PagSeguro Digital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

PagSeguro Digital beats Cars.com on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.