Chewy (CHWY) Competitors

Carvana (NYSE:CVNA) and Chewy (NYSE:CHWY) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is CVNA or CHWY more profitable?

Chewy has a net margin of 3.20% compared to Carvana's net margin of 0.14%. Chewy's return on equity of 21.00% beat Carvana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carvana	0.14%	N/A	-0.83%
Chewy	3.20%	21.00%	3.44%

Do analysts recommend CVNA or CHWY?

Carvana currently has a consensus target price of $217.71, indicating a potential downside of 13.85%. Chewy has a consensus target price of $32.60, indicating a potential downside of 3.92%. Given Chewy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chewy is more favorable than Carvana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carvana	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
Chewy	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Which has more volatility & risk, CVNA or CHWY?

Carvana has a beta of 3.32, indicating that its stock price is 232% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chewy has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CVNA or CHWY?

Carvana received 278 more outperform votes than Chewy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.43% of users gave Carvana an outperform vote while only 55.94% of users gave Chewy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carvana	Outperform Votes 537 57.43%	Underperform Votes 398 42.57%
Chewy	Outperform Votes 259 55.94%	Underperform Votes 204 44.06%

Does the media prefer CVNA or CHWY?

In the previous week, Chewy had 10 more articles in the media than Carvana. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Chewy and 12 mentions for Carvana. Carvana's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Chewy's score of 0.92 indicating that Carvana is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carvana	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chewy	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CVNA or CHWY?

56.7% of Carvana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Chewy shares are held by institutional investors. 17.2% of Carvana shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Chewy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CVNA or CHWY?

Carvana has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chewy. Chewy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carvana, 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
Carvana	$10.77B	4.87	$450M	$0.01	25,296.30
Chewy	$11.15B	1.27	$39.58M	$0.82	41.38

Summary

Chewy beats Carvana on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.