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Mister Car Wash (MCW) Competitors

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$7.22 +0.15 (+2.12%)
(As of 12/23/2024 05:16 PM ET)

MCW vs. GHC, LAUR, DRVN, PRDO, AFYA, IRS, UDMY, HTZ, DAO, and SDA

Should you be buying Mister Car Wash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mister Car Wash include Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Afya (AFYA), IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (IRS), Udemy (UDMY), Hertz Global (HTZ), Youdao (DAO), and SunCar Technology Group (SDA). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

Mister Car Wash vs.

Graham (NYSE:GHC) and Mister Car Wash (NYSE:MCW) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Mister Car Wash had 1 more articles in the media than Graham. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Mister Car Wash and 4 mentions for Graham. Graham's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Mister Car Wash's score of 0.20 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Graham
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Mister Car Wash
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Mister Car Wash has a consensus target price of $9.25, indicating a potential upside of 28.12%. Given Mister Car Wash's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mister Car Wash is more favorable than Graham.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Graham
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Mister Car Wash
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Mister Car Wash has a net margin of 7.54% compared to Graham's net margin of 4.86%. Mister Car Wash's return on equity of 9.92% beat Graham's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Graham4.86% 5.79% 3.21%
Mister Car Wash 7.54%9.92%3.16%

93.2% of Graham shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.5% of Graham shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 70.0% of Mister Car Wash shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Graham has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mister Car Wash has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Graham has higher revenue and earnings than Mister Car Wash. Graham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mister Car Wash, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Graham$4.71B0.80$205.29M$51.0717.08
Mister Car Wash$927.07M2.51$80.13M$0.2331.39

Graham received 116 more outperform votes than Mister Car Wash when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.33% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 39.66% of users gave Mister Car Wash an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GrahamOutperform Votes
139
62.33%
Underperform Votes
84
37.67%
Mister Car WashOutperform Votes
23
39.66%
Underperform Votes
35
60.34%

Summary

Mister Car Wash beats Graham on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MCW vs. The Competition

MetricMister Car WashAutomotive repair, services & parking IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.33B$1.34B$19.46B$19.21B
Dividend YieldN/A4.44%3.14%3.66%
P/E Ratio31.3992.3111.3341.11
Price / Sales2.512.1210.8017.37
Price / Cash15.6056.8712.3421.28
Price / Book2.484.571.895.31
Net Income$80.13M-$139.32M$1.51B$989.88M
7 Day Performance-2.04%-5.21%-1.45%-2.50%
1 Month Performance-9.75%-19.77%-1.93%-4.68%
1 Year Performance-16.63%1.40%-13.00%11.56%

Mister Car Wash Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MCW
Mister Car Wash
3.2278 of 5 stars
$7.22
+2.1%
$9.25
+28.1%
-16.6%$2.33B$927.07M31.396,600Positive News
GHC
Graham
2.8346 of 5 stars
$910.46
+1.1%
N/A+25.8%$3.95B$4.71B17.6419,900Positive News
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.0554 of 5 stars
$19.03
+0.5%
$18.50
-2.8%
+30.9%$2.87B$1.48B11.9828,900Positive News
DRVN
Driven Brands
2.0539 of 5 stars
$16.89
+0.9%
$17.86
+5.8%
+12.7%$2.77B$2.33B418.5010,600
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
3.5387 of 5 stars
$27.94
+2.2%
$32.00
+14.5%
+47.7%$1.84B$652.75M13.744,350Positive News
AFYA
Afya
2.428 of 5 stars
$15.48
-1.0%
$19.38
+25.2%
-28.8%$1.45B$3.19B12.619,680Upcoming Earnings
IRS
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima
1.1141 of 5 stars
$17.11
+4.0%
$13.00
-24.0%
+74.9%$1.32B$323.48B-3.691,401
UDMY
Udemy
1.9345 of 5 stars
$8.23
+3.7%
$10.92
+32.7%
-46.6%$1.20B$728.94M-12.601,443
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$3.82
-9.5%
N/A-67.2%$1.17B$9.19B-0.4325,000
DAO
Youdao
0.4493 of 5 stars
$7.86
+1.6%
N/A+81.4%$950.43M$5.77B114.294,364
SDA
SunCar Technology Group
1.3715 of 5 stars
$8.98
+7.0%
N/A+9.6%$930.69M$363.75M0.00N/ANews Coverage

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