Mister Car Wash (MCW) Competitors $5.33 -0.01 (-0.19%) Closing price 09/25/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$5.28 -0.05 (-0.94%) As of 09/25/2025 07:08 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock MCW vs. TAL, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, PRDO, HTZ, AFYA, EVGO, UDMY, and DAOShould you be buying Mister Car Wash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mister Car Wash include TAL Education Group (TAL), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Hertz Global (HTZ), Afya (AFYA), EVgo (EVGO), Udemy (UDMY), and Youdao (DAO). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry. Mister Car Wash vs. Its Competitors TAL Education Group Graham Laureate Education Driven Brands Perdoceo Education Hertz Global Afya EVgo Udemy Youdao 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 businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations. Which has more risk & volatility, TAL or MCW? TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.1, suggesting that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mister Car Wash has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has higher earnings & 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioTAL Education Group$2.25B3.02$84.59M$0.1765.74Mister Car Wash$1.03B1.70$80.13M$0.2719.74 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 Group4.33% 2.81% 1.87% Mister Car Wash 7.06%10.49%3.36% Do analysts rate TAL or MCW? TAL Education Group currently has a consensus price target of $12.66, suggesting a potential upside of 13.29%. Mister Car Wash has a consensus price target of $8.09, suggesting a potential upside of 51.80%. Given Mister Car Wash's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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) 3 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.25Mister Car Wash 1 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.42 Does the media refer more to TAL or MCW? In the previous week, TAL Education Group and TAL Education Group both had 2 articles in the media. Mister Car Wash's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat TAL Education Group's score of 0.56 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) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Mister Car Wash 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of Mister Car Wash shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryMister Car Wash beats TAL Education Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. 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New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MCW and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart MCW vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMister Car WashAutomotive repair, services & parking IndustryAuto SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.74B$1.74B$22.03B$21.61BDividend YieldN/AN/A2.78%3.52%P/E Ratio24.2324.2318.1329.18Price / Sales1.701.7044.7259.53Price / Cash13.1713.1721.7324.32Price / Book1.721.722.884.52Net Income$80.13M$80.13M$816.01M$1.00B7 Day Performance-0.37%-0.37%-2.68%-0.84%1 Month Performance-6.98%-6.98%-2.29%1.80%1 Year Performance-21.27%-21.27%6.05%12.54% Mister Car Wash Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MCWMister Car Wash3.6669 of 5 stars$5.33-0.2%$8.09+51.8%-21.4%$1.74B$1.03B24.236,350Positive NewsTALTAL Education Group2.1306 of 5 stars$11.22+0.7%$12.66+12.9%+34.4%$6.78B$2.25B65.9723,000News CoverageStock SplitGHCGraham3.8395 of 5 stars$1,165.74+1.3%N/A+45.8%$5.02B$4.79B7.4821,446Positive NewsLAURLaureate Education3.9739 of 5 stars$30.75+2.9%$29.50-4.1%+85.1%$4.40B$1.57B18.0931,800DRVNDriven Brands3.8662 of 5 stars$16.47-0.9%$21.60+31.1%+11.8%$2.73B$2.34B-9.6910,700Positive NewsPRDOPerdoceo Education4.4454 of 5 stars$35.88+2.7%$40.00+11.5%+67.0%$2.27B$681.26M15.535,690Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastHTZHertz GlobalN/A$6.79-0.1%N/A+115.6%$2.11B$8.61B-0.8225,000News CoverageAFYAAfya4.6654 of 5 stars$16.05+1.5%$18.20+13.4%-5.0%$1.48B$612.78M12.169,717EVGOEVgo2.4492 of 5 stars$4.59+3.1%$6.24+35.9%+13.8%$1.37B$256.83M-11.19220UDMYUdemy3.152 of 5 stars$7.30+0.7%$9.75+33.6%-13.3%$1.09B$786.57M-34.761,246DAOYoudao1.0428 of 5 stars$9.20+4.0%N/A+187.6%$1.06B$782.62M32.863,750Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies TAL Education Group Competitors Graham Competitors Laureate Education Competitors Driven Brands Competitors Perdoceo Education Competitors Hertz Global Competitors Afya Competitors EVgo Competitors Udemy Competitors Youdao Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:MCW) was last updated on 9/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAnother gold high? 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