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$35.16 -0.29 (-0.82%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

CARG vs. INOV, PRSP, EVTC, UPWK, RAMP, RTO, ALLE, WPP, CART, and ULS

Should you be buying CarGurus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CarGurus include Inovalon (INOV), Perspecta (PRSP), EVERTEC (EVTC), Upwork (UPWK), LiveRamp (RAMP), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Allegion (ALLE), WPP (WPP), Maplebear (CART), and UL Solutions (ULS).

CarGurus vs.

Inovalon (NASDAQ:INOV) and CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Inovalon has a net margin of 6.73% compared to CarGurus' net margin of -5.47%. CarGurus' return on equity of 13.96% beat Inovalon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Inovalon6.73% 10.97% 4.10%
CarGurus -5.47%13.96%8.92%

CarGurus has a consensus price target of $37.41, indicating a potential upside of 6.40%. Given CarGurus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CarGurus is more favorable than Inovalon.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Inovalon
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
CarGurus
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91

Inovalon has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarGurus has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

33.2% of Inovalon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of CarGurus shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.8% of Inovalon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of CarGurus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

CarGurus received 168 more outperform votes than Inovalon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.24% of users gave CarGurus an outperform vote while only 50.95% of users gave Inovalon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
InovalonOutperform Votes
348
50.95%
Underperform Votes
335
49.05%
CarGurusOutperform Votes
516
63.24%
Underperform Votes
300
36.76%

In the previous week, CarGurus had 15 more articles in the media than Inovalon. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for CarGurus and 0 mentions for Inovalon. CarGurus' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Inovalon's score of 0.00 indicating that CarGurus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Inovalon Neutral
CarGurus Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Inovalon$667.52M6.69$22.58M$0.3484.55
CarGurus$914.24M3.99$31.10M-$0.46-76.43

Summary

CarGurus beats Inovalon on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CARG vs. The Competition

MetricCarGurusData processing & preparation IndustryAuto SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.65B$4.34B$16.83B$8.82B
Dividend YieldN/A3.08%3.11%4.07%
P/E Ratio-76.4334.4614.7517.81
Price / Sales3.995.2112.6774.57
Price / Cash34.4230.1611.2132.53
Price / Book6.176.172.094.68
Net Income$31.10M$42.17M$1.52B$226.08M
7 Day Performance-2.03%-1.55%-2.84%-1.04%
1 Month Performance11.05%3.18%-6.59%1.04%
1 Year Performance67.75%7.83%-6.22%26.28%

CarGurus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CARG
CarGurus
3.9212 of 5 stars
$35.16
-0.8%
$37.41
+6.4%
+67.7%$3.68B$914.24M-76.431,343Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
INOV
Inovalon
N/A$28.75
-0.6%
N/A+9.8%$4.46B$667.52M84.851,836Analyst Forecast
PRSP
Perspecta
N/A$29.34
flat
N/A+0.0%$4.73B$4.50B14.3114,000High Trading Volume
EVTC
EVERTEC
2.0033 of 5 stars
$34.84
-2.3%
$35.00
+0.5%
-3.0%$2.27B$694.71M27.225,000Positive News
UPWK
Upwork
3.7607 of 5 stars
$14.97
+0.3%
$17.00
+13.6%
+5.2%$2.00B$689.14M23.76800Insider Trade
RAMP
LiveRamp
4.685 of 5 stars
$29.29
+2.7%
$41.14
+40.5%
-15.2%$1.86B$659.66M585.921,400
RTO
Rentokil Initial
1.2041 of 5 stars
$25.70
-1.2%
$29.00
+12.8%
-12.0%$13.14B$6.68B0.0062,900
ALLE
Allegion
4.0825 of 5 stars
$139.43
+0.9%
$144.60
+3.7%
+31.9%$12.01B$3.65B21.4212,400Analyst Revision
WPP
WPP
0.5145 of 5 stars
$51.41
-0.3%
N/A+15.7%$11.71B$18.46B0.00114,732Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
CART
Maplebear
4.4472 of 5 stars
$41.58
-2.8%
$47.29
+13.7%
+60.9%$10.99B$3.04B27.913,380Analyst Revision
ULS
UL Solutions
2.3154 of 5 stars
$52.82
+2.1%
$49.00
-7.2%
N/A$10.35B$2.68B0.0015,233

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This page (NASDAQ:CARG) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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