CVNA vs. KAR, SAH, TA, CRMT, RUSHA, GPI, RUSHB, ABG, LAD, and AN
Should you be buying Carvana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carvana include KAR Auction Services (KAR), Sonic Automotive (SAH), TravelCenters of America (TA), America's Car-Mart (CRMT), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Lithia Motors (LAD), and AutoNation (AN). These companies are all part of the "automotive dealers & gasoline service stations" industry.
Carvana vs.
KAR Auction Services (NYSE:KAR) and Carvana (NYSE:CVNA) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
KAR Auction Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Carvana. Carvana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KAR Auction Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Carvana had 9 more articles in the media than KAR Auction Services. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Carvana and 3 mentions for KAR Auction Services. KAR Auction Services' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Carvana's score of -0.25 indicating that KAR Auction Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KAR Auction Services has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carvana has a beta of 2.8, meaning that its stock price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KAR Auction Services currently has a consensus price target of $19.17, indicating a potential upside of 51.64%. Carvana has a consensus price target of $36.05, indicating a potential upside of 340.17%. Given Carvana's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Carvana is more favorable than KAR Auction Services.
KAR Auction Services received 125 more outperform votes than Carvana when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.48% of users gave KAR Auction Services an outperform vote while only 61.33% of users gave Carvana an outperform vote.
63.6% of Carvana shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of KAR Auction Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Carvana shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
KAR Auction Services has a net margin of 15.88% compared to Carvana's net margin of -11.67%. KAR Auction Services' return on equity of 4.20% beat Carvana's return on equity.
Summary
KAR Auction Services beats Carvana on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CVNA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
