PetMed Express (PETS) Competitors

PetMed Express (NASDAQ:PETS) and CarParts.com (NASDAQ:PRTS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PETS or PRTS?

PetMed Express has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CarParts.com. CarParts.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PetMed Express, 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
PetMed Express	$247.01M	0.25	-$7.46M	$0.01	302.00
CarParts.com	$588.85M	0.08	-$8.22M	-$0.70	-1.16

Do analysts prefer PETS or PRTS?

PetMed Express presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.89%. CarParts.com has a consensus target price of $1.93, indicating a potential upside of 137.95%. Given CarParts.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CarParts.com is more favorable than PetMed Express.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PetMed Express	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
CarParts.com	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk and volatility, PETS or PRTS?

PetMed Express has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarParts.com has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PETS or PRTS?

In the previous week, PetMed Express had 5 more articles in the media than CarParts.com. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for PetMed Express and 3 mentions for CarParts.com. CarParts.com's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat PetMed Express' score of 0.44 indicating that CarParts.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PetMed Express	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CarParts.com	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PETS or PRTS?

73.3% of PetMed Express shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of CarParts.com shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of PetMed Express shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of CarParts.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PETS or PRTS?

CarParts.com received 56 more outperform votes than PetMed Express when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.91% of users gave CarParts.com an outperform vote while only 45.07% of users gave PetMed Express an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PetMed Express	Outperform Votes 215 45.07%	Underperform Votes 262 54.93%
CarParts.com	Outperform Votes 271 58.91%	Underperform Votes 189 41.09%

Is PETS or PRTS more profitable?

PetMed Express has a net margin of 0.14% compared to CarParts.com's net margin of -5.11%. PetMed Express' return on equity of 0.37% beat CarParts.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PetMed Express	0.14%	0.37%	0.23%
CarParts.com	-5.11%	-29.57%	-12.68%

Summary

CarParts.com beats PetMed Express on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.