CARG vs. EVTC, RAMP, UPWK, SSTK, YEXT, RDDT, GLOB, BILI, MARA, and PEGA Should you be buying CarGurus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CarGurus include EVERTEC (EVTC), LiveRamp (RAMP), Upwork (UPWK), Shutterstock (SSTK), Yext (YEXT), Reddit (RDDT), Globant (GLOB), Bilibili (BILI), Marathon Digital (MARA), and Pegasystems (PEGA). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.
CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG ) and EVERTEC (NYSE:EVTC ) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, CarGurus had 9 more articles in the media than EVERTEC. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CarGurus and 2 mentions for EVERTEC. EVERTEC's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat CarGurus' score of 0.94 indicating that EVERTEC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CarGurus has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EVERTEC has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CarGurus received 215 more outperform votes than EVERTEC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.59% of users gave CarGurus an outperform vote while only 59.49% of users gave EVERTEC an outperform vote.
EVERTEC has a net margin of 8.87% compared to CarGurus' net margin of 4.04%. EVERTEC's return on equity of 29.86% beat CarGurus' return on equity.
CarGurus presently has a consensus target price of $25.77, indicating a potential upside of 6.45%. EVERTEC has a consensus target price of $41.33, indicating a potential upside of 18.20%. Given EVERTEC's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EVERTEC is more favorable than CarGurus.
EVERTEC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CarGurus. EVERTEC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CarGurus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.9% of CarGurus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of EVERTEC shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.2% of CarGurus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of EVERTEC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary CarGurus and EVERTEC tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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