RingCentral (RNG) Competitors

Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) and RingCentral (NYSE:RNG) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend CART or RNG?

Maplebear currently has a consensus price target of $48.31, indicating a potential upside of 4.29%. RingCentral has a consensus price target of $41.29, indicating a potential upside of 22.29%. Given RingCentral's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RingCentral is more favorable than Maplebear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maplebear	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59
RingCentral	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Does the media favor CART or RNG?

In the previous week, Maplebear had 9 more articles in the media than RingCentral. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Maplebear and 2 mentions for RingCentral. RingCentral's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Maplebear's score of 0.84 indicating that RingCentral is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Maplebear	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RingCentral	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CART or RNG?

RingCentral received 871 more outperform votes than Maplebear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.85% of users gave RingCentral an outperform vote while only 57.78% of users gave Maplebear an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Maplebear	Outperform Votes 52 57.78%	Underperform Votes 38 42.22%
RingCentral	Outperform Votes 923 72.85%	Underperform Votes 344 27.15%

Which has more risk and volatility, CART or RNG?

Maplebear has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RingCentral has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CART or RNG?

63.1% of Maplebear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of RingCentral shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.0% of Maplebear shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of RingCentral shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CART or RNG?

RingCentral has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Maplebear. RingCentral is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maplebear, 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
Maplebear	$3.04B	3.91	-$1.62B	$1.49	31.09
RingCentral	$2.20B	1.39	-$165.24M	-$1.06	-31.85

Is CART or RNG more profitable?

Maplebear has a net margin of 13.37% compared to RingCentral's net margin of -4.17%. Maplebear's return on equity of 13.78% beat RingCentral's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maplebear	13.37%	13.78%	10.51%
RingCentral	-4.17%	-2.55%	0.72%

Summary

Maplebear beats RingCentral on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.