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Mister Car Wash (MCW) Competitors

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MCW vs. TAL, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, PRDO, HTZ, AFYA, EVGO, IRS, and DAO

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

Mister Car Wash vs. Its Competitors

Mister Car Wash (NYSE:MCW) and TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) are both personal services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and profitability.

Mister Car Wash currently has a consensus target price of $8.09, suggesting a potential upside of 43.71%. TAL Education Group has a consensus target price of $12.66, suggesting a potential upside of 20.85%. Given Mister Car Wash's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Mister Car Wash is more favorable than TAL Education Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mister Car Wash
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42
TAL Education Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mister Car Wash$1.03B1.79$80.13M$0.2720.85
TAL Education Group$2.25B2.83$84.59M$0.1761.62

In the previous week, Mister Car Wash had 10 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Mister Car Wash and 0 mentions for TAL Education Group. Mister Car Wash's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat TAL Education Group's score of -0.07 indicating that Mister Car Wash is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Mister Car Wash Positive
TAL Education Group Neutral

Mister Car Wash has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.1, suggesting that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Mister Car Wash has a net margin of 7.06% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of 4.33%. Mister Car Wash's return on equity of 10.49% beat TAL Education Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mister Car Wash7.06% 10.49% 3.36%
TAL Education Group 4.33%2.81%1.87%

37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.0% of Mister Car Wash shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mister Car Wash beats TAL Education Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$1.84B$1.84B$19.50B$21.19B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.65%3.49%
P/E Ratio25.5925.5916.3529.02
Price / Sales1.791.7945.4850.31
Price / Cash13.1713.1720.1518.29
Price / Book1.821.822.974.57
Net Income$80.13M$80.13M$824.52M$999.06M
7 Day Performance-1.75%-1.75%-2.93%-0.01%
1 Month Performance-1.40%-1.40%5.95%6.50%
1 Year Performance-13.52%-13.52%6.36%11.34%

Mister Car Wash Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MCW
Mister Car Wash
4.0076 of 5 stars
$5.63
-1.4%
$8.09
+43.7%
-12.3%$1.84B$1.03B25.596,350News Coverage
Positive News
TAL
TAL Education Group
1.6487 of 5 stars
$10.62
-1.8%
$12.66
+19.3%
+32.0%$6.47B$2.25B62.4423,000Stock Split
GHC
Graham
3.8292 of 5 stars
$1,085.64
-0.7%
N/A+36.5%$4.74B$4.79B6.9721,446Positive News
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.0705 of 5 stars
$27.48
-0.3%
$24.00
-12.7%
+78.2%$4.05B$1.57B16.1631,800News Coverage
Positive News
DRVN
Driven Brands
3.2042 of 5 stars
$18.42
+1.5%
$21.60
+17.3%
+28.5%$3.03B$2.34B-10.8410,700
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
4.5067 of 5 stars
$32.74
-0.3%
$40.00
+22.2%
+45.9%$2.13B$681.26M14.175,690Short Interest ↓
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$5.73
flat
N/A+88.5%$1.78B$8.61B-0.6925,000
AFYA
Afya
3.8792 of 5 stars
$15.18
-0.6%
$17.50
+15.3%
-6.9%$1.42B$612.78M11.509,717
EVGO
EVgo
2.4341 of 5 stars
$3.87
-5.8%
$6.24
+61.2%
-14.6%$1.19B$256.83M-9.44220Positive News
IRS
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones
2.0559 of 5 stars
$14.74
-1.3%
N/A+46.7%$1.11B$658.73M9.341,401Gap Down
DAO
Youdao
1.5042 of 5 stars
$8.91
-0.2%
N/A+170.0%$1.07B$782.62M31.823,750

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