PRTS vs. PETS, ONEW, LKQ, EBAY, AMZN, NFLX, BKNG, EXPE, TRIP, and FLWS
Should you be buying CarParts.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CarParts.com include PetMed Express (PETS), OneWater Marine (ONEW), LKQ (LKQ), eBay (EBAY), Amazon.com (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), Booking (BKNG), Expedia Group (EXPE), Tripadvisor (TRIP), and 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS).
CarParts.com (NASDAQ:PRTS) and PetMed Express (NASDAQ:PETS) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.
75.3% of CarParts.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of PetMed Express shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of CarParts.com shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of PetMed Express shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CarParts.com has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PetMed Express has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CarParts.com received 56 more outperform votes than PetMed Express when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.51% of users gave CarParts.com an outperform vote while only 45.13% of users gave PetMed Express an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PetMed Express had 3 more articles in the media than CarParts.com. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PetMed Express and 0 mentions for CarParts.com. PetMed Express' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat CarParts.com's score of 0.00 indicating that PetMed Express is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CarParts.com currently has a consensus target price of $3.33, suggesting a potential upside of 214.47%. PetMed Express has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 49.77%. Given CarParts.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CarParts.com is more favorable than PetMed Express.
PetMed Express has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CarParts.com. PetMed Express is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CarParts.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CarParts.com has a net margin of -2.36% compared to PetMed Express' net margin of -2.92%. PetMed Express' return on equity of -1.25% beat CarParts.com's return on equity.
Summary
CarParts.com beats PetMed Express on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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