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Tucows (TCX) Competitors

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$18.28 -0.37 (-1.98%)
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TCX vs. CARS, NRDS, RSKD, MAX, BWMN, UXIN, IBTA, PRTH, NEXN, and ADV

Should you be buying Tucows stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tucows include Cars.com (CARS), NerdWallet (NRDS), Riskified (RSKD), MediaAlpha (MAX), Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN), Uxin (UXIN), Ibotta (IBTA), Priority Technology (PRTH), Nexxen International (NEXN), and Advantage Solutions (ADV). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Tucows vs. Its Competitors

Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) and Cars.com (NYSE:CARS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Cars.com has a net margin of 5.71% compared to Tucows' net margin of -25.99%. Cars.com's return on equity of 17.43% beat Tucows' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tucows-25.99% N/A -9.05%
Cars.com 5.71%17.43%7.91%

Cars.com has higher revenue and earnings than Tucows. Tucows is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cars.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tucows$362.27M0.56-$109.86M-$8.92-2.05
Cars.com$719.15M1.12$48.19M$0.6221.09

Tucows has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cars.com has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cars.com had 7 more articles in the media than Tucows. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cars.com and 2 mentions for Tucows. Tucows' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Cars.com's score of 1.23 indicating that Tucows is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tucows
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cars.com
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

73.6% of Tucows shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of Cars.com shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Tucows shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Cars.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Cars.com has a consensus target price of $17.30, suggesting a potential upside of 32.30%. Given Cars.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cars.com is more favorable than Tucows.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tucows
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Cars.com
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Cars.com beats Tucows on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TCX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TCX vs. The Competition

MetricTucowsINTERNET CONTENT IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$202.51M$3.97B$29.91B$9.76B
Dividend YieldN/A5.13%3.17%4.04%
P/E Ratio-2.058.63418.8526.59
Price / Sales0.562.291,536.75111.31
Price / CashN/A23.9836.0059.26
Price / Book-1.665.219.406.58
Net Income-$109.86M$121.37M$807.00M$265.95M
7 Day Performance-4.19%4.86%0.47%0.17%
1 Month Performance6.09%6.18%3.00%3.90%
1 Year Performance-14.62%11.35%24,184.33%19.67%

Tucows Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TCX
Tucows
1.0946 of 5 stars
$18.28
-2.0%
N/A-14.6%$202.51M$362.27M-2.051,000
CARS
Cars.com
4.4003 of 5 stars
$12.97
-2.3%
$17.30
+33.4%
-26.7%$815.38M$717.85M20.921,800Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
NRDS
NerdWallet
3.4554 of 5 stars
$10.32
-1.0%
$13.60
+31.8%
-20.0%$791.92M$687.60M16.65770Positive News
RSKD
Riskified
3.0375 of 5 stars
$4.58
flat
$5.82
+27.1%
-7.9%$738.34M$327.52M-19.08780Positive News
MAX
MediaAlpha
3.7555 of 5 stars
$10.26
-1.3%
$17.92
+74.6%
-40.7%$706.62M$1.08B-85.49160News Coverage
Positive News
BWMN
Bowman Consulting Group
2.201 of 5 stars
$40.60
-0.4%
$34.17
-15.8%
+78.0%$702.97M$426.56M67.672,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
UXIN
Uxin
0.5334 of 5 stars
$4.17
+13.0%
N/A+147.5%$693.67M$190.40M-20.85810High Trading Volume
IBTA
Ibotta
3.1528 of 5 stars
$25.82
-5.6%
$34.71
+34.4%
-53.0%$691.15M$367.25M8.97N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
PRTH
Priority Technology
4.4326 of 5 stars
$8.29
-1.7%
$13.00
+56.8%
+39.5%$673.71M$918.56M31.881,019
NEXN
Nexxen International
3.4978 of 5 stars
$10.07
-1.0%
$15.00
+49.0%
+28.4%$644.95M$365.48M15.98895
ADV
Advantage Solutions
2.6168 of 5 stars
$1.87
-1.1%
$2.25
+20.3%
-53.0%$616.04M$3.57B-1.9969,000Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:TCX) was last updated on 8/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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