IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones (IRS) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, IRS or DRVN?

IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones	$409.02M	2.19	$195.18M	$2.05	5.78
Driven Brands	$2.34B	1.15	-$292.50M	-$1.70	-9.61

Do analysts rate IRS or DRVN?

Driven Brands has a consensus target price of $21.60, indicating a potential upside of 32.27%. Given Driven Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Driven Brands is more favorable than IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Driven Brands	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Does the media refer more to IRS or DRVN?

In the previous week, Driven Brands had 6 more articles in the media than IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Driven Brands and 0 mentions for IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones. Driven Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones' score of 0.30 indicating that Driven Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones	Neutral
Driven Brands	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, IRS or DRVN?

IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Driven Brands has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IRS or DRVN 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
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones	36.40%	12.00%	5.90%
Driven Brands	-12.32%	21.17%	3.04%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in IRS or DRVN?

45.5% of IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Driven Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 25.1% of IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Driven Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones and Driven Brands tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.