Cars.com (CARS) Competitors

DXC Technology (NYSE:DXC) and Cars.com (NYSE:CARS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is DXC or CARS more profitable?

Cars.com has a net margin of 5.46% compared to DXC Technology's net margin of 0.18%. DXC Technology's return on equity of 20.42% beat Cars.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DXC Technology	0.18%	20.42%	4.69%
Cars.com	5.46%	9.99%	4.33%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DXC or CARS?

DXC Technology received 173 more outperform votes than Cars.com when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.67% of users gave Cars.com an outperform vote while only 61.25% of users gave DXC Technology an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DXC Technology	Outperform Votes 411 61.25%	Underperform Votes 260 38.75%
Cars.com	Outperform Votes 238 64.67%	Underperform Votes 130 35.33%

Do analysts rate DXC or CARS?

DXC Technology currently has a consensus price target of $20.89, indicating a potential downside of 3.72%. Cars.com has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.99%. Given Cars.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cars.com is more favorable than DXC Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DXC Technology	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.78
Cars.com	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DXC or CARS?

Cars.com has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DXC Technology. Cars.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DXC Technology, 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
DXC Technology	$13.26B	0.30	$91M	$0.08	271.19
Cars.com	$713.01M	1.70	$118.44M	$0.58	32.24

Does the media favor DXC or CARS?

In the previous week, Cars.com had 8 more articles in the media than DXC Technology. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Cars.com and 25 mentions for DXC Technology. DXC Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Cars.com's score of -0.01 indicating that DXC Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DXC Technology	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cars.com	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, DXC or CARS?

DXC Technology has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cars.com has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DXC or CARS?

96.2% of DXC Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of Cars.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of DXC Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Cars.com shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cars.com beats DXC Technology on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.