Cars.com (CARS) Competitors $13.50 -0.29 (-2.09%) Closing price 09/12/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$13.62 +0.11 (+0.84%) As of 09/12/2025 07:44 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock CARS vs. JOYY, WNS, PAGS, CLVT, SEZL, RNG, FA, GLOB, DXC, and XMTRShould you be buying Cars.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cars.com include JOYY (JOYY), WNS (WNS), PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), Clarivate (CLVT), Sezzle (SEZL), Ringcentral (RNG), First Advantage (FA), Globant (GLOB), DXC Technology (DXC), and Xometry (XMTR). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry. Cars.com vs. Its Competitors JOYY WNS PagSeguro Digital Clarivate Sezzle Ringcentral First Advantage Globant DXC Technology Xometry Cars.com (NYSE:CARS) and JOYY (NASDAQ:JOYY) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and valuation. Which has more volatility and risk, CARS or JOYY? Cars.com has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JOYY has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CARS or JOYY? 89.2% of Cars.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of JOYY shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Cars.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of JOYY shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CARS or JOYY? Cars.com has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JOYY. JOYY 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 RatioCars.com$717.85M1.16$48.19M$0.6221.78JOYY$2.24B1.45-$146.24M$32.231.94 Does the media prefer CARS or JOYY? In the previous week, Cars.com had 1 more articles in the media than JOYY. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Cars.com and 1 mentions for JOYY. JOYY's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Cars.com's score of 1.10 indicating that JOYY is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Cars.com Positive JOYY Very Positive Is CARS or JOYY more profitable? JOYY has a net margin of 82.39% compared to Cars.com's net margin of 5.71%. Cars.com's return on equity of 17.43% beat JOYY's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Cars.com5.71% 17.43% 7.91% JOYY 82.39%4.81%3.65% Do analysts rate CARS or JOYY? Cars.com presently has a consensus target price of $17.30, suggesting a potential upside of 28.13%. Given Cars.com's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cars.com is more favorable than JOYY.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Cars.com 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00JOYY 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 SummaryCars.com beats JOYY on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. 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New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CARS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.Skip Chart CARS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCars.comINTERNET COMMERCE IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$847.33M$75.11B$27.99B$21.59BDividend YieldN/A1.12%173.88%3.48%P/E Ratio21.7829.8120.6229.75Price / Sales1.1630.058.4768.12Price / Cash4.46376.5666.6725.00Price / Book1.717.824.824.58Net Income$48.19M$2.26B$872.26M$999.94M7 Day Performance-0.67%5.01%1.40%0.68%1 Month Performance3.54%5.77%4.17%3.10%1 Year Performance-23.52%64.31%19.30%14.39% Cars.com Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CARSCars.com3.7994 of 5 stars$13.50-2.1%$17.30+28.1%-20.9%$847.33M$717.85M21.781,800Positive NewsJOYYJOYY2.6552 of 5 stars$63.68+1.8%N/AN/A$3.26B$2.24B12.245,815Positive NewsWNSWNS1.5481 of 5 stars$75.51+0.1%$67.43-10.7%+34.6%$3.23B$1.35B21.0364,505Short Interest ↓High Trading VolumePAGSPagSeguro Digital3.962 of 5 stars$9.52-0.9%$12.17+27.9%+5.4%$3.16B$3.22B7.678,595Positive NewsAnalyst UpgradeCLVTClarivate2.9224 of 5 stars$4.47+1.5%$4.83+8.2%-31.9%$2.96B$2.56B-7.2012,000Positive NewsSEZLSezzle3.9065 of 5 stars$88.00+2.5%$124.33+41.3%+258.9%$2.92B$271.13M30.15540Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastRNGRingcentral3.7904 of 5 stars$32.46+1.6%$30.62-5.7%+7.3%$2.89B$2.46B-231.874,260Positive NewsFAFirst Advantage2.2799 of 5 stars$16.17+0.7%$20.25+25.2%-18.2%$2.81B$1.25B539.005,500Positive NewsGLOBGlobant4.7305 of 5 stars$61.59-2.4%$139.47+126.4%-71.5%$2.78B$2.42B25.0431,280Positive NewsDXCDXC Technology3.7625 of 5 stars$14.66-0.9%$15.60+6.4%-32.4%$2.65B$12.87B7.11120,000Positive NewsXMTRXometry1.6799 of 5 stars$51.79+4.2%$40.44-21.9%+187.1%$2.52B$545.53M-42.111,088Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies JOYY Competitors WNS Competitors PAGS Competitors CLVT Competitors SEZL Competitors RNG Competitors FA Competitors GLOB Competitors DXC Competitors XMTR Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:CARS) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy Trump’s “Smart Dollar” could rewrite the rulesMUST SEE: Donald Trump's Radical Overhaul of the U.S. Dollar Congress just approved President Trump's lates...Stansberry Research | SponsoredTrump's Law S.1582: $21T Dollar Revolution ComingDo you have money in any of these banks? 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