CarGurus (CARG) Competitors

ICON Public (NASDAQ:ICLR) and CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ICLR or CARG?

ICON Public received 104 more outperform votes than CarGurus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.79% of users gave ICON Public an outperform vote while only 63.46% of users gave CarGurus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ICON Public	Outperform Votes 625 65.79%	Underperform Votes 325 34.21%
CarGurus	Outperform Votes 521 63.46%	Underperform Votes 300 36.54%

Do analysts rate ICLR or CARG?

ICON Public currently has a consensus price target of $281.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.53%. CarGurus has a consensus price target of $38.59, suggesting a potential upside of 23.89%. Given ICON Public's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ICON Public is more favorable than CarGurus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ICON Public	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87
CarGurus	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ICLR or CARG?

95.6% of ICON Public shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of CarGurus shares are held by institutional investors. 44.0% of ICON Public shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of CarGurus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to ICLR or CARG?

In the previous week, ICON Public had 15 more articles in the media than CarGurus. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for ICON Public and 28 mentions for CarGurus. CarGurus' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat ICON Public's score of 0.07 indicating that CarGurus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ICON Public	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	29 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CarGurus	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ICLR or CARG?

ICON Public has higher revenue and earnings than CarGurus. CarGurus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICON Public, 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
ICON Public	$8.28B	2.01	$612.34M	$9.53	21.13
CarGurus	$914.24M	3.53	$31.10M	-$0.46	-67.72

Which has more volatility and risk, ICLR or CARG?

ICON Public has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarGurus has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ICLR or CARG more profitable?

ICON Public has a net margin of 9.56% compared to CarGurus' net margin of -5.47%. CarGurus' return on equity of 13.96% beat ICON Public's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ICON Public	9.56%	11.79%	6.63%
CarGurus	-5.47%	13.96%	8.92%

Summary

ICON Public beats CarGurus on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.