Mister Car Wash (MCW) Competitors

Mister Car Wash (NYSE:MCW) and Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, MCW or DRVN?

Mister Car Wash has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Driven Brands has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MCW or DRVN?

77.1% of Driven Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.0% of Mister Car Wash shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Driven Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is MCW or DRVN more profitable?

Mister Car Wash has a net margin of 8.04% compared to Driven Brands' net margin of -33.30%. Driven Brands' return on equity of 12.08% beat Mister Car Wash's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mister Car Wash	8.04%	9.38%	2.94%
Driven Brands	-33.30%	12.08%	2.19%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MCW or DRVN?

Driven Brands received 19 more outperform votes than Mister Car Wash when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.00% of users gave Driven Brands an outperform vote while only 41.07% of users gave Mister Car Wash an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mister Car Wash	Outperform Votes 23 41.07%	Underperform Votes 33 58.93%
Driven Brands	Outperform Votes 42 56.00%	Underperform Votes 33 44.00%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MCW or DRVN?

Mister Car Wash has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Driven Brands. Driven Brands 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mister Car Wash	$927.07M	2.42	$80.13M	$0.23	30.57
Driven Brands	$2.30B	0.82	-$744.96M	-$4.66	-2.47

Does the media prefer MCW or DRVN?

In the previous week, Driven Brands had 3 more articles in the media than Mister Car Wash. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Driven Brands and 5 mentions for Mister Car Wash. Mister Car Wash's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Driven Brands' score of 0.80 indicating that Mister Car Wash is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mister Car Wash	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Driven Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate MCW or DRVN?

Mister Car Wash currently has a consensus target price of $9.56, indicating a potential upside of 36.02%. Driven Brands has a consensus target price of $17.61, indicating a potential upside of 53.27%. Given Driven Brands' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Driven Brands is more favorable than Mister Car Wash.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mister Car Wash	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Driven Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Mister Car Wash beats Driven Brands on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.