Financial Contrast: Thumzup Media (NASDAQ:TZUP) & Cars.com (NYSE:CARS)

Thumzup Media (NASDAQ:TZUP) and Cars.com (NYSE:CARS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Thumzup Media and Cars.com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Thumzup Media	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cars.com	5.46%	9.99%	4.33%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Thumzup Media and Cars.com”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Thumzup Media	$211.00	150,863.03	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cars.com	$718.33 million	1.56	$118.44 million	$0.58	29.93

Cars.com has higher revenue and earnings than Thumzup Media.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

89.2% of Cars.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Cars.com shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Thumzup Media and Cars.com, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Thumzup Media	0	0	0	0	0.00
Cars.com	0	2	2	0	2.50

Cars.com has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.49%. Given Cars.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cars.com is more favorable than Thumzup Media.

Summary

Cars.com beats Thumzup Media on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Thumzup Media

Thumzup Media Corporation is a provider of social media branding and marketing solutions which allow businesses and brands to pay customers and fans cash through Venmo and PayPal for their posts on social media. Thumzup Media Corporation is based in Los Angeles, CA.

About Cars.com

Cars.com Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a digital automotive marketplace that connects local car dealers to consumers in the United States. The company offers a suite of digital solutions that creates connections between individuals researching cars or looking to purchase a car with car dealerships and automotive original equipment manufacturers. It also sells online subscription advertising products to car dealerships by its direct sales force, as well as through its affiliate sales channel. In addition, the company sells display advertising to national advertisers. Further, it offers online automotive marketplace service that connects buyers and sellers through Cars.com, Auto.com, DealerRater.com, NewCars.com, PickupTrucks.com, DealerInspire.com, and LaunchDigitalMarketing.com Websites. Its platform hosts approximately 4.9 million new and used vehicle listings and serves approximately 20,000 franchise and independent car dealers. Cars.com Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.