Mister Car Wash (MCW) Competitors

TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) and Mister Car Wash (NYSE:MCW) are both personal services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Is TAL or MCW more profitable?

Mister Car Wash has a net margin of 7.06% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of 4.33%. Mister Car Wash's return on equity of 10.49% beat TAL Education Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TAL Education Group	4.33%	2.81%	1.87%
Mister Car Wash	7.06%	10.49%	3.36%

Do analysts prefer TAL or MCW?

TAL Education Group presently has a consensus price target of $12.66, suggesting a potential upside of 16.31%. Mister Car Wash has a consensus price target of $8.09, suggesting a potential upside of 70.51%. Given Mister Car Wash's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mister Car Wash is more favorable than TAL Education Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TAL Education Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Mister Car Wash	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Which has more volatility and risk, TAL or MCW?

TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mister Car Wash has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TAL or MCW?

In the previous week, TAL Education Group had 2 more articles in the media than Mister Car Wash. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for TAL Education Group and 4 mentions for Mister Car Wash. Mister Car Wash's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat TAL Education Group's score of 0.20 indicating that Mister Car Wash is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TAL Education Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Mister Car Wash	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TAL or MCW?

TAL Education Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mister Car Wash. Mister Car Wash is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TAL Education Group, 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
TAL Education Group	$2.25B	2.95	$84.59M	$0.17	64.03
Mister Car Wash	$1.03B	1.51	$80.13M	$0.27	17.57

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TAL or MCW?

37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of Mister Car Wash shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mister Car Wash beats TAL Education Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.