Autohome (ATHM) Competitors

Autohome (NYSE:ATHM) and Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ATHM or CART?

Autohome has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Maplebear. Autohome is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maplebear, 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
Autohome	$1.01B	3.50	$286.40M	$2.01	14.56
Maplebear	$3.04B	4.41	-$1.62B	$1.49	35.04

Do analysts recommend ATHM or CART?

Autohome presently has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.30%. Maplebear has a consensus price target of $48.96, indicating a potential downside of 6.24%. Given Autohome's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Autohome is more favorable than Maplebear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Autohome	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Maplebear	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Which has more risk and volatility, ATHM or CART?

Autohome has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maplebear has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATHM or CART?

Autohome received 302 more outperform votes than Maplebear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.90% of users gave Autohome an outperform vote while only 59.14% of users gave Maplebear an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Autohome	Outperform Votes 357 59.90%	Underperform Votes 239 40.10%
Maplebear	Outperform Votes 55 59.14%	Underperform Votes 38 40.86%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ATHM or CART?

63.1% of Autohome shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Maplebear shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Autohome shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.0% of Maplebear shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to ATHM or CART?

In the previous week, Autohome had 12 more articles in the media than Maplebear. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Autohome and 9 mentions for Maplebear. Maplebear's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Autohome's score of 0.71 indicating that Maplebear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Autohome	4 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Maplebear	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ATHM or CART more profitable?

Autohome has a net margin of 24.36% compared to Maplebear's net margin of 13.37%. Maplebear's return on equity of 13.78% beat Autohome's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Autohome	24.36%	7.79%	6.07%
Maplebear	13.37%	13.78%	10.51%

Summary

Maplebear beats Autohome on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.