CARG vs. QXO, MEDP, ULS, RTO, STN, CART, BILI, FOUR, HQY, and LIF
Should you be buying CarGurus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CarGurus include QXO (QXO), Medpace (MEDP), UL Solutions (ULS), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Stantec (STN), Maplebear (CART), Bilibili (BILI), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), HealthEquity (HQY), and Life360 (LIF). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
CarGurus vs. Its Competitors
QXO (NASDAQ:QXO) and CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
CarGurus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than QXO. QXO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CarGurus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
QXO has a net margin of 30.08% compared to CarGurus' net margin of 14.12%. CarGurus' return on equity of 36.23% beat QXO's return on equity.
58.7% of QXO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of CarGurus shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.3% of QXO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of CarGurus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
QXO currently has a consensus target price of $33.73, suggesting a potential upside of 62.20%. CarGurus has a consensus target price of $38.46, suggesting a potential upside of 6.74%. Given QXO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe QXO is more favorable than CarGurus.
In the previous week, QXO had 1 more articles in the media than CarGurus. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for QXO and 12 mentions for CarGurus. CarGurus' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat QXO's score of 1.07 indicating that CarGurus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
QXO has a beta of 2.35, suggesting that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarGurus has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
QXO beats CarGurus on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:CARG) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
