CVNA vs. CASY, KMX, PAG, LAD, AN, ABG, DKS, BBY, WBA, and DRI
Should you be buying Carvana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carvana include Casey's General Stores (CASY), CarMax (KMX), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Best Buy (BBY), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), and Darden Restaurants (DRI). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Carvana (NYSE:CVNA) and Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Carvana has a beta of 3.28, meaning that its share price is 228% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Casey's General Stores has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
56.7% of Carvana shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.2% of Carvana shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Carvana has a net margin of 5.68% compared to Casey's General Stores' net margin of 3.23%. Casey's General Stores' return on equity of 16.70% beat Carvana's return on equity.
Casey's General Stores received 107 more outperform votes than Carvana when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.78% of users gave Casey's General Stores an outperform vote while only 58.09% of users gave Carvana an outperform vote.
Carvana has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores 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 73 more articles in the media than Casey's General Stores. MarketBeat recorded 80 mentions for Carvana and 7 mentions for Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Carvana's score of 0.54 indicating that Casey's General Stores is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Carvana currently has a consensus target price of $77.60, indicating a potential downside of 32.16%. Casey's General Stores has a consensus target price of $312.63, indicating a potential downside of 4.66%. Given Casey's General Stores' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Casey's General Stores is more favorable than Carvana.
Summary
Casey's General Stores beats Carvana on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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