CPRT vs. NU, SPOT, PLTR, MRVL, RSG, PAYX, SQ, WCN, FIS, and VRSK
Should you be buying Copart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Copart include NU (NU), Spotify Technology (SPOT), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Republic Services (RSG), Paychex (PAYX), Block (SQ), Waste Connections (WCN), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), and Verisk Analytics (VRSK). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
NU (NYSE:NU) and Copart (NASDAQ:CPRT) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
Copart received 353 more outperform votes than NU when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.80% of users gave Copart an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave NU an outperform vote.
80.9% of NU shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Copart shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of NU shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Copart shares are owned by company 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.
NU has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Copart has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Copart has a net margin of 33.33% compared to Copart's net margin of 13.86%. Copart's return on equity of 22.94% beat NU's return on equity.
Copart has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NU. Copart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NU, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NU had 20 more articles in the media than Copart. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for NU and 20 mentions for Copart. NU's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Copart's score of 0.46 indicating that Copart is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NU presently has a consensus target price of $10.74, indicating a potential downside of 7.91%. Copart has a consensus target price of $51.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.42%. Given NU's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Copart is more favorable than NU.
Summary
Copart beats NU on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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