IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones (IRS) Competitors

Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) and IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones (NYSE:IRS) are both personal services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Do analysts prefer DRVN or IRS?

Driven Brands presently has a consensus target price of $21.60, suggesting a potential upside of 33.66%. Given Driven Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Driven Brands is more favorable than IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Driven Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DRVN or IRS?

77.1% of Driven Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Driven Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.1% of IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to DRVN or IRS?

In the previous week, IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones had 1 more articles in the media than Driven Brands. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones and 3 mentions for Driven Brands. IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Driven Brands' score of 0.37 indicating that IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Driven Brands	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, DRVN or IRS?

IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Driven Brands. Driven Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones, 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
Driven Brands	$2.34B	1.13	-$292.50M	-$1.70	-9.51
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones	$409.02M	2.36	$195.18M	$2.05	6.22

Which has more volatility & risk, DRVN or IRS?

Driven Brands has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DRVN or IRS more profitable?

IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones has a net margin of 36.40% compared to Driven Brands' net margin of -12.32%. Driven Brands' return on equity of 21.17% beat IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Driven Brands	-12.32%	21.17%	3.04%
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones	36.40%	12.00%	5.90%

Summary

IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones beats Driven Brands on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.