Maplebear (CART) Competitors

Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do analysts rate WCN or CART?

Waste Connections presently has a consensus target price of $201.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.25%. Maplebear has a consensus target price of $48.96, indicating a potential downside of 6.42%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Maplebear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waste Connections	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
Maplebear	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of WCN or CART?

86.1% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Maplebear shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.0% of Maplebear shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WCN or CART more profitable?

Maplebear has a net margin of 13.37% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 6.92%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 15.54% beat Maplebear's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waste Connections	6.92%	15.54%	6.33%
Maplebear	13.37%	13.78%	10.51%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WCN or CART?

Waste Connections received 814 more outperform votes than Maplebear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.11% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 59.14% of users gave Maplebear an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Waste Connections	Outperform Votes 869 75.11%	Underperform Votes 288 24.89%
Maplebear	Outperform Votes 55 59.14%	Underperform Votes 38 40.86%

Which has more risk & volatility, WCN or CART?

Waste Connections has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maplebear has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor WCN or CART?

In the previous week, Waste Connections had 17 more articles in the media than Maplebear. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Waste Connections and 6 mentions for Maplebear. Maplebear's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.26 indicating that Maplebear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Waste Connections	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Maplebear	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, WCN or CART?

Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than Maplebear. Maplebear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, 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
Waste Connections	$8.92B	5.42	$617.57M	$2.39	78.41
Maplebear	$3.04B	4.42	-$1.62B	$1.49	35.11

Summary

Waste Connections beats Maplebear on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.