CART vs. WEX, FOUR, MMS, TNET, EXLS, GRAB, WU, NVEI, RBA, and CNXC
Should you be buying Maplebear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maplebear include WEX (WEX), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), Maximus (MMS), TriNet Group (TNET), ExlService (EXLS), Grab (GRAB), Western Union (WU), Nuvei (NVEI), RB Global (RBA), and Concentrix (CNXC). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
WEX (NYSE:WEX) and Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
WEX received 467 more outperform votes than Maplebear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.71% of users gave WEX an outperform vote while only 58.00% of users gave Maplebear an outperform vote.
WEX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Maplebear.
WEX has a net margin of 10.21% compared to WEX's net margin of 0.00%. Maplebear's return on equity of 30.92% beat WEX's return on equity.
WEX currently has a consensus target price of $240.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.08%. Maplebear has a consensus target price of $41.05, suggesting a potential upside of 19.20%. Given Maplebear's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe WEX is more favorable than Maplebear.
97.5% of WEX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Maplebear shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of WEX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.0% of Maplebear shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Maplebear had 9 more articles in the media than WEX. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Maplebear and 7 mentions for WEX. Maplebear's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat WEX's score of 0.45 indicating that WEX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
WEX beats Maplebear on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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