Cars.com (CARS) Competitors

Cars.com (NYSE:CARS) and Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CARS or PEGA?

Pegasystems received 236 more outperform votes than Cars.com when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.90% of users gave Cars.com an outperform vote while only 59.59% of users gave Pegasystems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cars.com	Outperform Votes 233 64.90%	Underperform Votes 126 35.10%
Pegasystems	Outperform Votes 469 59.59%	Underperform Votes 318 40.41%

Do analysts rate CARS or PEGA?

Cars.com presently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.64%. Pegasystems has a consensus price target of $72.33, suggesting a potential upside of 25.88%. Given Pegasystems' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pegasystems is more favorable than Cars.com.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cars.com	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Pegasystems	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Is CARS or PEGA more profitable?

Cars.com has a net margin of 15.34% compared to Pegasystems' net margin of 5.32%. Pegasystems' return on equity of 45.00% beat Cars.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cars.com	15.34%	22.28%	9.57%
Pegasystems	5.32%	45.00%	8.75%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CARS or PEGA?

89.2% of Cars.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of Pegasystems shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Cars.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.1% of Pegasystems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CARS or PEGA?

Cars.com has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pegasystems. Cars.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pegasystems, 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
Cars.com	$689.18M	1.94	$118.44M	$1.57	12.89
Pegasystems	$1.43B	3.41	$67.81M	$0.82	70.07

Which has more volatility & risk, CARS or PEGA?

Cars.com has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pegasystems has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CARS or PEGA?

In the previous week, Cars.com had 33 more articles in the media than Pegasystems. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Cars.com and 6 mentions for Pegasystems. Pegasystems' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Cars.com's score of 0.05 indicating that Pegasystems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cars.com	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pegasystems	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Cars.com and Pegasystems tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.