CarGurus (CARG) Competitors

CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) and Rentokil Initial (NYSE:RTO) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Is CARG or RTO more profitable?

CarGurus has a net margin of 2.34% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of 0.00%. CarGurus' return on equity of 27.14% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CarGurus	2.34%	27.14%	16.99%
Rentokil Initial	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, CARG or RTO?

CarGurus has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rentokil Initial has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CARG or RTO?

CarGurus currently has a consensus target price of $39.55, indicating a potential upside of 24.31%. Given CarGurus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CarGurus is more favorable than Rentokil Initial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CarGurus	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Rentokil Initial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CARG or RTO?

CarGurus received 517 more outperform votes than Rentokil Initial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.50% of users gave CarGurus an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CarGurus	Outperform Votes 522 63.50%	Underperform Votes 300 36.50%
Rentokil Initial	Outperform Votes 5 35.71%	Underperform Votes 9 64.29%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CARG or RTO?

86.9% of CarGurus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are held by institutional investors. 17.2% of CarGurus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CARG or RTO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CarGurus	$894.38M	3.71	$31.10M	$0.18	176.75
Rentokil Initial	$5.44B	2.12	$473.93M	$1.51	15.10

Does the media prefer CARG or RTO?

In the previous week, CarGurus had 11 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for CarGurus and 4 mentions for Rentokil Initial. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat CarGurus' score of 1.06 indicating that Rentokil Initial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CarGurus	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rentokil Initial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

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