CSG Systems International (CSGS) Competitors

Cars.com (NYSE:CARS) and CSG Systems International (NASDAQ:CSGS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Is CARS or CSGS more profitable?

CSG Systems International has a net margin of 5.52% compared to Cars.com's net margin of 5.46%. CSG Systems International's return on equity of 32.77% beat Cars.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cars.com	5.46%	9.99%	4.33%
CSG Systems International	5.52%	32.77%	6.61%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CARS or CSGS?

CSG Systems International received 41 more outperform votes than Cars.com when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.67% of users gave Cars.com an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave CSG Systems International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cars.com	Outperform Votes 238 64.67%	Underperform Votes 130 35.33%
CSG Systems International	Outperform Votes 279 60.26%	Underperform Votes 184 39.74%

Do analysts prefer CARS or CSGS?

Cars.com presently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.61%. CSG Systems International has a consensus price target of $61.60, suggesting a potential upside of 13.07%. Given Cars.com's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cars.com is more favorable than CSG Systems International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cars.com	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
CSG Systems International	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CARS or CSGS?

Cars.com has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CSG Systems International. CSG Systems International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cars.com, 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
Cars.com	$689.18M	1.72	$118.44M	$0.58	31.57
CSG Systems International	$1.17B	1.36	$66.25M	$2.27	24.00

Which has more volatility and risk, CARS or CSGS?

Cars.com has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSG Systems International has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CARS or CSGS?

In the previous week, CSG Systems International had 1 more articles in the media than Cars.com. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CSG Systems International and 8 mentions for Cars.com. CSG Systems International's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Cars.com's score of 0.18 indicating that CSG Systems International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cars.com	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CSG Systems International	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CARS or CSGS?

89.2% of Cars.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of CSG Systems International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Cars.com shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of CSG Systems International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CSG Systems International beats Cars.com on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.