Carvana (CVNA) Competitors

Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) and Carvana (NYSE:CVNA) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is CASY or CVNA more profitable?

Carvana has a net margin of 4.18% compared to Carvana's net margin of 3.23%. Carvana's return on equity of 16.70% beat Casey's General Stores' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Casey's General Stores	3.23%	16.70%	7.71%
Carvana	4.18%	N/A	-3.19%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CASY or CVNA?

85.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.7% of Carvana shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Carvana 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CASY or CVNA?

Carvana has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carvana, 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
Casey's General Stores	$15.09B	0.76	$446.69M	$12.58	24.58
Carvana	$10.77B	1.30	$450M	$0.54	128.08

Which has more risk & volatility, CASY or CVNA?

Casey's General Stores has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carvana has a beta of 3.32, suggesting that its stock price is 232% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CASY or CVNA?

Casey's General Stores received 110 more outperform votes than Carvana when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.78% of users gave Casey's General Stores an outperform vote while only 58.54% of users gave Carvana an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Casey's General Stores	Outperform Votes 624 62.78%	Underperform Votes 370 37.22%
Carvana	Outperform Votes 514 58.54%	Underperform Votes 364 41.46%

Do analysts recommend CASY or CVNA?

Casey's General Stores presently has a consensus target price of $312.63, indicating a potential upside of 1.12%. Carvana has a consensus target price of $50.53, indicating a potential downside of 26.93%. Given Carvana's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Casey's General Stores is more favorable than Carvana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Casey's General Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Carvana	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.07

Does the media prefer CASY or CVNA?

In the previous week, Carvana had 5 more articles in the media than Casey's General Stores. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Carvana and 10 mentions for Casey's General Stores. Carvana's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Casey's General Stores' score of 0.56 indicating that Casey's General Stores is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Casey's General Stores	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carvana	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Casey's General Stores beats Carvana on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.