CPRT vs. NU, SPOT, PLTR, MRVL, RSG, PAYX, SQ, WCN, FIS, and VRSK
Should you be buying Copart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Copart include NU (NU), Spotify Technology (SPOT), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Republic Services (RSG), Paychex (PAYX), Block (SQ), Waste Connections (WCN), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), and Verisk Analytics (VRSK). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Copart (NASDAQ:CPRT) and NU (NYSE:NU) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
85.8% of Copart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of NU shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Copart shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of NU shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Copart has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NU has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Copart has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NU. Copart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NU, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Copart received 353 more outperform votes than NU when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.80% of users gave Copart an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave NU an outperform vote.
Copart currently has a consensus target price of $51.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.42%. NU has a consensus target price of $10.74, suggesting a potential downside of 7.91%. Given Copart's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Copart is more favorable than NU.
Copart has a net margin of 33.33% compared to NU's net margin of 13.86%. NU's return on equity of 22.94% beat Copart's return on equity.
In the previous week, NU had 23 more articles in the media than Copart. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for NU and 20 mentions for Copart. Copart's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat NU's score of 0.37 indicating that Copart is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Copart beats NU on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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