PETS vs. PRTS, RAD, CVET, WBA, CVS, AMZN, NFLX, BKNG, EXPE, and TRIP
Should you be buying PetMed Express stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PetMed Express include CarParts.com (PRTS), Rite Aid (RAD), Covetrus (CVET), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), CVS Health (CVS), Amazon.com (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), Booking (BKNG), Expedia Group (EXPE), and Tripadvisor (TRIP).
CarParts.com (NASDAQ:PRTS) and PetMed Express (NASDAQ:PETS) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
CarParts.com has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PetMed Express has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PetMed Express had 3 more articles in the media than CarParts.com. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PetMed Express and 0 mentions for CarParts.com. CarParts.com's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat PetMed Express' score of 0.00 indicating that PetMed Express is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
75.3% of CarParts.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of PetMed Express shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of CarParts.com shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of PetMed Express shares are owned 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.
CarParts.com currently has a consensus target price of $3.33, indicating a potential upside of 214.47%. PetMed Express has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 49.77%. Given PetMed Express' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CarParts.com is more favorable than PetMed Express.
CarParts.com received 56 more outperform votes than PetMed Express when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.51% of users gave CarParts.com an outperform vote while only 45.13% of users gave PetMed Express an outperform vote.
PetMed Express has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CarParts.com. PetMed Express is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CarParts.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CarParts.com has a net margin of -2.36% compared to CarParts.com's net margin of -2.92%. CarParts.com's return on equity of -1.25% beat PetMed Express' return on equity.
Summary
CarParts.com beats PetMed Express on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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