CARS vs. WNS, CLVT, FA, DXC, ACVA, YY, RNG, PAYO, EVTC, and APLD
Should you be buying Cars.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cars.com include WNS (WNS), Clarivate (CLVT), First Advantage (FA), DXC Technology (DXC), ACV Auctions (ACVA), JOYY (YY), Ringcentral (RNG), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Evertec (EVTC), and Applied Digital (APLD). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Cars.com vs. Its Competitors
WNS (NYSE:WNS) and Cars.com (NYSE:CARS) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
WNS has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cars.com has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
WNS currently has a consensus price target of $64.94, indicating a potential downside of 13.00%. Cars.com has a consensus price target of $18.30, indicating a potential upside of 48.36%. Given Cars.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cars.com is more favorable than WNS.
97.4% of WNS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of Cars.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of WNS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Cars.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, WNS had 14 more articles in the media than Cars.com. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for WNS and 3 mentions for Cars.com. Cars.com's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat WNS's score of 0.30 indicating that Cars.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WNS has higher revenue and earnings than Cars.com. Cars.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WNS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WNS has a net margin of 12.94% compared to Cars.com's net margin of 6.32%. WNS's return on equity of 23.26% beat Cars.com's return on equity.
Summary
WNS beats Cars.com on 10 of the 16 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 CARS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (NYSE:CARS) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
