Chewy (CHWY) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, CHWY or CVNA?

Chewy has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carvana has a beta of 3.37, suggesting that its share price is 237% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CHWY or CVNA?

Carvana has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Chewy	$11.15B	1.41	$39.58M	$0.91	42.42
Carvana	$10.77B	4.96	$450M	$0.01	25,772.97

Does the media prefer CHWY or CVNA?

In the previous week, Chewy had 5 more articles in the media than Carvana. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Chewy and 17 mentions for Carvana. Carvana's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Chewy's score of 0.67 indicating that Carvana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chewy	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carvana	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate CHWY or CVNA?

Chewy presently has a consensus target price of $36.80, indicating a potential downside of 4.67%. Carvana has a consensus target price of $244.88, indicating a potential downside of 4.89%. Given Chewy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Chewy is more favorable than Carvana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chewy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Carvana	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CHWY or CVNA?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CHWY or CVNA?

Carvana received 276 more outperform votes than Chewy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.79% of users gave Carvana an outperform vote while only 56.51% of users gave Chewy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chewy	Outperform Votes 269 56.51%	Underperform Votes 207 43.49%
Carvana	Outperform Votes 545 57.79%	Underperform Votes 398 42.21%

Is CHWY or CVNA more profitable?

Chewy has a net margin of 3.51% compared to Carvana's net margin of 0.14%. Chewy's return on equity of 24.47% beat Carvana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chewy	3.51%	24.47%	3.66%
Carvana	0.14%	N/A	-0.83%

Summary

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