MUSA vs. CVNA, CASY, KMX, PAG, LAD, AN, ABG, GPI, RUSHA, and RUSHB
Should you be buying Murphy USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Murphy USA include Carvana (CVNA), Casey's General Stores (CASY), CarMax (KMX), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), and Rush Enterprises (RUSHB). These companies are all part of the "automotive dealers & gasoline service stations" industry.
Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) and Carvana (NYSE:CVNA) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
80.8% of Murphy USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.7% of Carvana shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Murphy USA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Carvana shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Murphy USA presently has a consensus target price of $408.60, suggesting a potential downside of 6.87%. Carvana has a consensus target price of $77.60, suggesting a potential downside of 22.38%. Given Murphy USA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Murphy USA is more favorable than Carvana.
Carvana has a net margin of 5.68% compared to Murphy USA's net margin of 2.43%. Murphy USA's return on equity of 64.45% beat Carvana's return on equity.
Carvana received 157 more outperform votes than Murphy USA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.00% of users gave Murphy USA an outperform vote while only 58.14% of users gave Carvana an outperform vote.
Murphy USA has higher revenue and earnings than Carvana. Murphy USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carvana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Carvana had 4 more articles in the media than Murphy USA. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Carvana and 12 mentions for Murphy USA. Murphy USA's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Carvana's score of 0.01 indicating that Murphy USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Murphy USA has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carvana has a beta of 3.28, meaning that its share price is 228% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Murphy USA beats Carvana on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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