Maplebear (CART) Competitors

Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) and Trip.com Group (NASDAQ:TCOM) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Does the media favor CART or TCOM?

In the previous week, Maplebear had 14 more articles in the media than Trip.com Group. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Maplebear and 14 mentions for Trip.com Group. Maplebear's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Trip.com Group's score of 1.22 indicating that Maplebear is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Maplebear	20 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trip.com Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CART or TCOM?

Maplebear has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CART or TCOM?

63.1% of Maplebear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are held by institutional investors. 36.0% of Maplebear shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer CART or TCOM?

Maplebear presently has a consensus target price of $50.61, indicating a potential upside of 21.07%. Trip.com Group has a consensus target price of $77.08, indicating a potential upside of 35.82%. Given Trip.com Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Trip.com Group is more favorable than Maplebear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maplebear	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61
Trip.com Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.09

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CART or TCOM?

Trip.com Group has higher revenue and earnings than Maplebear. Trip.com Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maplebear, 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
Maplebear	$3.38B	3.25	-$1.62B	$1.58	26.46
Trip.com Group	$53.29B	0.69	$1.40B	$3.49	16.26

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CART or TCOM?

Trip.com Group received 35 more outperform votes than Maplebear when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.46% of users gave Maplebear an outperform vote while only 57.06% of users gave Trip.com Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Maplebear	Outperform Votes 66 59.46%	Underperform Votes 45 40.54%
Trip.com Group	Outperform Votes 101 57.06%	Underperform Votes 76 42.94%

Is CART or TCOM more profitable?

Trip.com Group has a net margin of 31.86% compared to Maplebear's net margin of 13.37%. Maplebear's return on equity of 13.78% beat Trip.com Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maplebear	13.37%	13.78%	10.51%
Trip.com Group	31.86%	12.04%	6.70%

Summary

Maplebear beats Trip.com Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.