Custom Truck One Source (CTOS) Competitors

Custom Truck One Source (NYSE:CTOS) and CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, CTOS or CARG?

Custom Truck One Source has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarGurus has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CTOS or CARG?

Custom Truck One Source has higher revenue and earnings than CarGurus. CarGurus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Custom Truck One Source, 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
Custom Truck One Source	$1.87B	0.60	$50.71M	-$0.16	-29.72
CarGurus	$914.24M	4.29	$31.10M	-$0.46	-82.15

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CTOS or CARG?

CarGurus received 500 more outperform votes than Custom Truck One Source when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.37% of users gave CarGurus an outperform vote while only 46.34% of users gave Custom Truck One Source an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Custom Truck One Source	Outperform Votes 19 46.34%	Underperform Votes 22 53.66%
CarGurus	Outperform Votes 519 63.37%	Underperform Votes 300 36.63%

Does the media prefer CTOS or CARG?

In the previous week, CarGurus had 3 more articles in the media than Custom Truck One Source. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CarGurus and 3 mentions for Custom Truck One Source. Custom Truck One Source's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat CarGurus' score of 0.86 indicating that Custom Truck One Source is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Custom Truck One Source	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CarGurus	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend CTOS or CARG?

Custom Truck One Source presently has a consensus target price of $5.63, indicating a potential upside of 18.30%. CarGurus has a consensus target price of $38.41, indicating a potential upside of 1.64%. Given Custom Truck One Source's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Custom Truck One Source is more favorable than CarGurus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Custom Truck One Source	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
CarGurus	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

Is CTOS or CARG more profitable?

Custom Truck One Source has a net margin of -2.22% compared to CarGurus' net margin of -5.47%. CarGurus' return on equity of 13.96% beat Custom Truck One Source's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Custom Truck One Source	-2.22%	-4.57%	-1.15%
CarGurus	-5.47%	13.96%	8.92%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CTOS or CARG?

90.1% of Custom Truck One Source shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of CarGurus shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Custom Truck One Source shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of CarGurus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CarGurus beats Custom Truck One Source on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.