Rush Enterprises (RUSHB) Competitors

Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHB) and Chewy (NYSE:CHWY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RUSHB or CHWY?

Chewy received 158 more outperform votes than Rush Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.87% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote while only 56.42% of users gave Chewy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rush Enterprises	Outperform Votes 110 65.87%	Underperform Votes 57 34.13%
Chewy	Outperform Votes 268 56.42%	Underperform Votes 207 43.58%

Which has better valuation & earnings, RUSHB or CHWY?

Rush Enterprises has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chewy. Rush Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chewy, 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
Rush Enterprises	$7.93B	0.55	$347.05M	$3.77	14.62
Chewy	$11.44B	1.32	$39.58M	$0.91	40.64

Is RUSHB or CHWY more profitable?

Rush Enterprises has a net margin of 3.93% compared to Chewy's net margin of 3.51%. Chewy's return on equity of 24.47% beat Rush Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rush Enterprises	3.93%	15.43%	6.78%
Chewy	3.51%	24.47%	3.66%

Does the media prefer RUSHB or CHWY?

In the previous week, Chewy had 21 more articles in the media than Rush Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Chewy and 2 mentions for Rush Enterprises. Chewy's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Rush Enterprises' score of 0.30 indicating that Chewy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rush Enterprises	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Chewy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RUSHB or CHWY?

18.1% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Chewy shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.9% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Chewy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, RUSHB or CHWY?

Rush Enterprises has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Chewy has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate RUSHB or CHWY?

Chewy has a consensus target price of $36.80, indicating a potential downside of 0.50%. Given Chewy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chewy is more favorable than Rush Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rush Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Chewy	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74

Summary

Chewy beats Rush Enterprises on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.