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CARS vs. WNS, CLVT, FA, DXC, ACVA, YY, RNG, PAYO, EVTC, and APLD

Should you be buying Cars.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cars.com include WNS (WNS), Clarivate (CLVT), First Advantage (FA), DXC Technology (DXC), ACV Auctions (ACVA), JOYY (YY), Ringcentral (RNG), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Evertec (EVTC), and Applied Digital (APLD). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Cars.com vs. Its Competitors

Cars.com (NYSE:CARS) and WNS (NYSE:WNS) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

In the previous week, WNS had 42 more articles in the media than Cars.com. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for WNS and 2 mentions for Cars.com. WNS's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Cars.com's score of 0.11 indicating that WNS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cars.com
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
WNS
9 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Cars.com currently has a consensus target price of $18.30, indicating a potential upside of 45.58%. WNS has a consensus target price of $64.94, indicating a potential downside of 13.13%. Given Cars.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cars.com is more favorable than WNS.

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
WNS
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

89.2% of Cars.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of WNS shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Cars.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of WNS shares are owned 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.

Cars.com has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WNS has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

WNS has a net margin of 12.94% compared to Cars.com's net margin of 6.32%. WNS's return on equity of 23.26% beat Cars.com's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cars.com6.32% 16.86% 7.61%
WNS 12.94%23.26%12.11%

WNS has higher revenue and earnings than Cars.com. Cars.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WNS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cars.com$718M1.11$48.19M$0.6818.49
WNS$1.31B2.64$170.11M$3.7220.10

Summary

WNS beats Cars.com on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CARS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CARS vs. The Competition

MetricCars.comINTERNET COMMERCE IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$799.18M$69.35B$26.52B$20.60B
Dividend YieldN/A2.24%175.55%3.72%
P/E Ratio18.4933.4229.0427.81
Price / Sales1.1133.098.2540.76
Price / Cash4.07255.7948.3322.32
Price / Book1.597.975.724.57
Net Income$48.19M$2.21B$869.96M$989.30M
7 Day Performance3.49%7.81%0.70%0.20%
1 Month Performance21.68%19.80%8.62%5.53%
1 Year Performance-34.19%86.32%21.23%10.30%

Cars.com Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CARS
Cars.com
3.7078 of 5 stars
$12.57
-1.3%
$18.30
+45.6%
-34.2%$799.18M$718M18.491,800
WNS
WNS
2.4722 of 5 stars
$74.70
+14.3%
$62.25
-16.7%
+32.5%$3.03B$1.31B20.0864,505News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CLVT
Clarivate
1.9538 of 5 stars
$4.41
+0.5%
$5.00
+13.4%
-25.4%$3.00B$2.56B-4.5512,000
FA
First Advantage
2.3169 of 5 stars
$17.14
-0.1%
$66.00
+285.1%
+7.9%$2.98B$1.05B571.335,500News Coverage
Positive News
DXC
DXC Technology
3.8603 of 5 stars
$15.59
-4.0%
$17.00
+9.0%
-27.1%$2.94B$12.87B7.39120,000News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
ACVA
ACV Auctions
2.2456 of 5 stars
$16.13
-2.3%
$22.14
+37.2%
-7.2%$2.82B$674.16M-32.922,000Insider Trade
YY
JOYY
1.4413 of 5 stars
$50.68
-0.4%
$35.00
-30.9%
+54.8%$2.73B$2.24B15.317,450
RNG
Ringcentral
4.7592 of 5 stars
$29.60
-0.9%
$33.08
+11.7%
-12.3%$2.69B$2.40B-67.274,260High Trading Volume
PAYO
Payoneer Global
3.9194 of 5 stars
$6.68
-4.3%
$10.44
+56.3%
+23.0%$2.52B$977.72M22.272,407
EVTC
Evertec
2.4021 of 5 stars
$37.07
-1.2%
$40.00
+7.9%
+3.2%$2.39B$845.49M18.634,800
APLD
Applied Digital
4.0132 of 5 stars
$9.66
-7.6%
$12.73
+31.8%
+48.1%$2.35B$165.57M-7.05121Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:CARS) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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