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).
PetMed Express (NASDAQ:PETS) and CarParts.com (NASDAQ:PRTS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
CarParts.com has a net margin of -2.36% compared to PetMed Express' net margin of -2.92%. PetMed Express' return on equity of -1.25% beat CarParts.com's return on equity.
PetMed Express currently has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 60.49%. CarParts.com has a consensus price target of $3.33, suggesting a potential upside of 200.30%. Given CarParts.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CarParts.com is more favorable than PetMed Express.
In the previous week, PetMed Express had 3 more articles in the media than CarParts.com. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for PetMed Express and 3 mentions for CarParts.com. CarParts.com's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat PetMed Express' score of 0.86 indicating that CarParts.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
73.3% of PetMed Express shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of CarParts.com shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of PetMed Express shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of CarParts.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PetMed Express has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarParts.com has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PetMed Express has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 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.
Summary
CarParts.com beats PetMed Express on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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