Custom Truck One Source (CTOS) Competitors

Custom Truck One Source (NYSE:CTOS) and Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CTOS or SEZL?

90.1% of Custom Truck One Source shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Sezzle shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Custom Truck One Source shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 49.5% of Sezzle shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CTOS or SEZL?

Custom Truck One Source currently has a consensus price target of $6.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.73%. Sezzle has a consensus price target of $108.28, indicating a potential upside of 19.68%. Given Sezzle's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sezzle is more favorable than Custom Truck One Source.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Custom Truck One Source	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Sezzle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, CTOS or SEZL?

Sezzle has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Custom Truck One Source. Custom Truck One Source is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sezzle, 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
Custom Truck One Source	$1.90B	0.67	-$28.66M	-$0.16	-35.09
Sezzle	$271.13M	11.11	$78.52M	$2.92	30.98

Which has more volatility & risk, CTOS or SEZL?

Custom Truck One Source has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sezzle has a beta of 9.09, suggesting that its stock price is 809% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CTOS or SEZL more profitable?

Sezzle has a net margin of 28.13% compared to Custom Truck One Source's net margin of -1.89%. Sezzle's return on equity of 113.81% beat Custom Truck One Source's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Custom Truck One Source	-1.89%	-6.61%	-1.54%
Sezzle	28.13%	113.81%	36.81%

Does the media favor CTOS or SEZL?

In the previous week, Sezzle had 12 more articles in the media than Custom Truck One Source. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Sezzle and 1 mentions for Custom Truck One Source. Sezzle's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Custom Truck One Source's score of 0.50 indicating that Sezzle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Custom Truck One Source	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sezzle	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Sezzle beats Custom Truck One Source on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.