Cars.com (CARS) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, CLVT or CARS?

Clarivate has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cars.com has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CLVT or CARS?

In the previous week, Clarivate had 2 more articles in the media than Cars.com. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Clarivate and 5 mentions for Cars.com. Clarivate's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Cars.com's score of 0.88 indicating that Clarivate is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Clarivate	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cars.com	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CLVT or CARS?

Cars.com has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Clarivate. Clarivate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cars.com, 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
Clarivate	$2.56B	1.10	-$911.20M	-$0.96	-4.26
Cars.com	$719.15M	1.08	$118.44M	$0.72	16.94

Do analysts rate CLVT or CARS?

Clarivate presently has a consensus target price of $5.83, indicating a potential upside of 42.62%. Cars.com has a consensus target price of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 68.03%. Given Cars.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cars.com is more favorable than Clarivate.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clarivate	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cars.com	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is CLVT or CARS more profitable?

Cars.com has a net margin of 5.46% compared to Clarivate's net margin of -24.90%. Cars.com's return on equity of 9.99% beat Clarivate's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clarivate	-24.90%	9.10%	3.93%
Cars.com	5.46%	9.99%	4.33%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLVT or CARS?

Cars.com received 194 more outperform votes than Clarivate when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Cars.com an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave Clarivate an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clarivate	Outperform Votes 48 53.33%	Underperform Votes 42 46.67%
Cars.com	Outperform Votes 242 64.88%	Underperform Votes 131 35.12%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CLVT or CARS?

85.7% of Clarivate shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of Cars.com shares are held by institutional investors. 22.8% of Clarivate shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Cars.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cars.com beats Clarivate on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.