Contrasting Maplebear (CART) and Its Rivals

Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) is one of 193 publicly-traded companies in the “Business services, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Maplebear to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Maplebear and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maplebear	0	13	13	0	2.50
Maplebear Competitors	923	6014	12355	321	2.62

Maplebear currently has a consensus target price of $46.82, indicating a potential upside of 5.95%. As a group, “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 4.33%. Given Maplebear’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Maplebear is more favorable than its rivals.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

63.1% of Maplebear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.1% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by institutional investors. 36.0% of Maplebear shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Maplebear has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maplebear’s rivals have a beta of 1.54, suggesting that their average stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Maplebear and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maplebear	13.37%	13.78%	10.51%
Maplebear Competitors	-15.31%	-159.06%	-4.11%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Maplebear and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Maplebear	$3.04 billion	-$1.62 billion	29.66
Maplebear Competitors	$4.36 billion	$456.28 million	8.84

Maplebear’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Maplebear. Maplebear is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Maplebear beats its rivals on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Maplebear Company Profile

Maplebear Inc., doing business as Instacart, engages in the provision of online grocery shopping services to households in North America. It sells and delivers grocery products, as well as pickup services through a mobile application and website. It also operates virtual convenience stores; and provides software-as-a-service solutions to retailers. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.