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$33.26 +0.47 (+1.43%)
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CARG vs. FTAI, ALLE, STN, ICLR, RTO, CART, MEDP, HQY, BILI, and WPP

Should you be buying CarGurus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CarGurus include FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Allegion (ALLE), Stantec (STN), Icon (ICLR), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Maplebear (CART), Medpace (MEDP), HealthEquity (HQY), Bilibili (BILI), and WPP (WPP). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

CarGurus vs. Its Competitors

FTAI Aviation (NASDAQ:FTAI) and CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

FTAI Aviation has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarGurus has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

FTAI Aviation presently has a consensus target price of $171.83, indicating a potential upside of 44.88%. CarGurus has a consensus target price of $36.95, indicating a potential upside of 11.11%. Given FTAI Aviation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe FTAI Aviation is more favorable than CarGurus.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FTAI Aviation
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.08
CarGurus
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

CarGurus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FTAI Aviation. CarGurus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTAI Aviation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FTAI Aviation$1.73B7.01$8.68M$0.21564.76
CarGurus$894.38M3.88$20.97M$0.3595.03

CarGurus has a net margin of 4.28% compared to FTAI Aviation's net margin of 3.74%. FTAI Aviation's return on equity of 438.32% beat CarGurus' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FTAI Aviation3.74% 438.32% 8.41%
CarGurus 4.28%32.54%20.08%

89.0% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of CarGurus shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of CarGurus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, CarGurus had 1 more articles in the media than FTAI Aviation. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for CarGurus and 6 mentions for FTAI Aviation. FTAI Aviation's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat CarGurus' score of 0.93 indicating that FTAI Aviation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FTAI Aviation
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CarGurus
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

FTAI Aviation beats CarGurus on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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.
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CARG vs. The Competition

MetricCarGurusAUTO/TRUCK IndustryAuto SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.47B$2.30B$17.28B$8.92B
Dividend YieldN/A3.77%2.85%4.14%
P/E Ratio95.0322.7923.1519.64
Price / Sales3.881.0834.32112.88
Price / Cash10.878.3717.3627.49
Price / Book6.382.552.515.41
Net Income$20.97M$100.98M$949.08M$248.99M
7 Day Performance3.61%-0.89%14.55%3.99%
1 Month Performance5.72%-9.23%13.31%4.82%
1 Year Performance26.95%13.20%11.95%17.00%

CarGurus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CARG
CarGurus
4.1083 of 5 stars
$33.26
+1.4%
$36.95
+11.1%
+26.9%$3.47B$894.38M95.031,282
FTAI
FTAI Aviation
4.7323 of 5 stars
$130.09
+0.8%
$171.83
+32.1%
+14.9%$13.34B$1.73B619.4840News Coverage
Positive News
ALLE
Allegion
4.2192 of 5 stars
$142.56
+3.6%
$140.40
-1.5%
+21.7%$12.27B$3.82B20.0214,400Analyst Forecast
STN
Stantec
2.7793 of 5 stars
$106.66
+1.2%
N/A+31.2%$12.17B$7.70B44.0732,000News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
ICLR
Icon
4.4628 of 5 stars
$147.49
+0.7%
$213.08
+44.5%
-53.9%$11.91B$8.28B16.0741,900News Coverage
RTO
Rentokil Initial
1.0189 of 5 stars
$23.49
+0.8%
N/A-17.6%$11.86B$6.95B15.5668,485News Coverage
CART
Maplebear
3.6128 of 5 stars
$43.89
+0.3%
$51.91
+18.3%
+39.6%$11.52B$3.38B28.873,265Insider Trade
MEDP
Medpace
4.7826 of 5 stars
$308.83
-0.2%
$349.30
+13.1%
-24.6%$8.88B$2.11B23.575,900News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HQY
HealthEquity
3.6556 of 5 stars
$101.08
-0.2%
$118.09
+16.8%
+21.7%$8.74B$1.24B73.783,120News Coverage
Analyst Revision
BILI
Bilibili
2.2419 of 5 stars
$19.91
+0.8%
$21.62
+8.6%
+38.7%$8.32B$3.68B-99.538,088News Coverage
Options Volume
WPP
WPP
1.9969 of 5 stars
$35.50
+1.3%
N/A-23.2%$7.66B$18.84B5.95108,044Analyst Downgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:CARG) was last updated on 6/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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