CarParts.com (PRTS) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PRTS or PETS?

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

Is PRTS or PETS more profitable?

PetMed Express has a net margin of -0.37% compared to CarParts.com's net margin of -5.11%. PetMed Express' return on equity of -1.00% beat CarParts.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CarParts.com	-5.11%	-29.57%	-12.68%
PetMed Express	-0.37%	-1.00%	-0.60%

Which has more risk and volatility, PRTS or PETS?

CarParts.com has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PetMed Express has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PRTS or PETS?

CarParts.com received 55 more outperform votes than PetMed Express when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.08% of users gave CarParts.com an outperform vote while only 45.17% of users gave PetMed Express an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CarParts.com	Outperform Votes 270 59.08%	Underperform Votes 187 40.92%
PetMed Express	Outperform Votes 215 45.17%	Underperform Votes 261 54.83%

Do analysts rate PRTS or PETS?

CarParts.com presently has a consensus price target of $1.60, indicating a potential upside of 69.67%. PetMed Express has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential downside of 30.97%. Given CarParts.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CarParts.com is more favorable than PetMed Express.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CarParts.com	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
PetMed Express	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PRTS or PETS?

PetMed Express has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CarParts.com. PetMed Express is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CarParts.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
CarParts.com	$675.73M	0.08	-$8.22M	-$0.54	-1.75
PetMed Express	$281.06M	0.37	-$7.46M	-$0.06	-84.50

Does the media favor PRTS or PETS?

In the previous week, PetMed Express had 1 more articles in the media than CarParts.com. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for PetMed Express and 3 mentions for CarParts.com. PetMed Express' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat CarParts.com's score of 0.30 indicating that PetMed Express is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CarParts.com	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
PetMed Express	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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