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CARG vs. ULS, ALLE, RTO, CART, FTAI, STN, MEDP, WPP, HQY, and BILI

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

CarGurus vs.

UL Solutions (NYSE:ULS) and CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.

UL Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $51.45, indicating a potential downside of 10.76%. CarGurus has a consensus target price of $37.14, indicating a potential upside of 37.14%. Given CarGurus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CarGurus is more favorable than UL Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
UL Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
CarGurus
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

In the previous week, CarGurus had 6 more articles in the media than UL Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for CarGurus and 15 mentions for UL Solutions. UL Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat CarGurus' score of 0.96 indicating that UL Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
UL Solutions
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CarGurus
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
UL Solutions$2.87B4.02$260M$1.6235.59
CarGurus$894.38M3.16$31.10M$0.18150.44

CarGurus received 505 more outperform votes than UL Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave UL Solutions an outperform vote while only 63.39% of users gave CarGurus an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
UL SolutionsOutperform Votes
18
64.29%
Underperform Votes
10
35.71%
CarGurusOutperform Votes
523
63.39%
Underperform Votes
302
36.61%

UL Solutions has a net margin of 11.36% compared to CarGurus' net margin of 2.34%. UL Solutions' return on equity of 44.52% beat CarGurus' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
UL Solutions11.36% 44.52% 12.48%
CarGurus 2.34%27.14%16.99%

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

Summary

UL Solutions and CarGurus tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CARG vs. The Competition

MetricCarGurusData processing & preparation IndustryAuto SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.83B$3.76B$15.81B$7.57B
Dividend YieldN/A4.25%3.28%4.32%
P/E Ratio150.4564.4515.4117.82
Price / Sales3.16698.1510.0494.61
Price / Cash36.3033.7410.9434.64
Price / Book4.755.791.664.00
Net Income$31.10M$42.75M$1.41B$247.23M
7 Day Performance-3.11%2.56%-0.78%1.44%
1 Month Performance-12.02%-4.70%-5.66%-6.26%
1 Year Performance25.43%6.84%-16.21%0.59%

CarGurus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CARG
CarGurus
4.2433 of 5 stars
$27.08
+0.3%
$37.14
+37.1%
+24.9%$2.83B$894.38M150.451,200
ULS
UL Solutions
1.5617 of 5 stars
$53.47
-1.7%
$51.45
-3.8%
+64.7%$10.75B$2.87B33.1615,233Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
ALLE
Allegion
4.3558 of 5 stars
$120.38
-2.6%
$137.67
+14.4%
+0.0%$10.38B$3.77B17.6411,000Dividend Announcement
Positive News
RTO
Rentokil Initial
3.1956 of 5 stars
$19.93
-4.7%
N/A-21.1%$10.08B$5.44B13.2262,900Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
CART
Maplebear
3.7153 of 5 stars
$37.25
-0.3%
$50.13
+34.6%
+12.9%$9.90B$3.38B25.103,380Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
FTAI
FTAI Aviation
3.3837 of 5 stars
$90.06
+2.0%
$173.67
+92.8%
+34.9%$9.29B$1.73B-906.0740Positive News
STN
Stantec
2.2923 of 5 stars
$79.43
-1.0%
N/A+8.9%$9.09B$7.50B36.2126,000Positive News
MEDP
Medpace
4.4357 of 5 stars
$287.40
+0.1%
$376.30
+30.9%
-21.2%$8.76B$2.11B22.775,900Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
WPP
WPP
2.9763 of 5 stars
$33.18
-4.3%
N/A-23.1%$7.15B$14.74B5.55114,732High Trading Volume
HQY
HealthEquity
3.6794 of 5 stars
$79.45
+0.8%
$112.58
+41.7%
+3.5%$6.89B$1.20B73.063,150Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
BILI
Bilibili
2.7192 of 5 stars
$15.49
-6.4%
$21.11
+36.3%
+49.0%$6.47B$26.83B-34.7112,300
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This page (NASDAQ:CARG) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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