Driven Brands (DRVN) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Contrast

Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) is one of 285 public companies in the “Specialty Retail” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Driven Brands to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Driven Brands and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Driven Brands	3	8	3	2	2.25
Driven Brands Competitors	3699	15637	21656	593	2.46

Driven Brands presently has a consensus target price of $14.98, indicating a potential upside of 32.19%. As a group, “Specialty Retail” companies have a potential upside of 5.21%. Given Driven Brands’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Driven Brands is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Driven Brands	8.61%	24.13%	5.03%
Driven Brands Competitors	-3.59%	-28.53%	3.21%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

77.1% of Driven Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.9% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Driven Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Driven Brands has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Driven Brands’ rivals have a beta of 1.91, meaning that their average share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Driven Brands	$1.86 billion	$140.16 million	10.89
Driven Brands Competitors	$7.06 billion	$386.51 million	31.37

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

Summary

Driven Brands rivals beat Driven Brands on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Driven Brands

Driven Brands Holdings Inc. is an automotive aftermarket services company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It operates and franchises service centers under brands including Take 5 Oil Change, Meineke Car Care Centers, Maaco, CARSTAR and Auto Glass Now. The company provides a range of vehicle services, including oil changes and preventive maintenance, mechanical repairs, collision repair and refinishing, and auto glass replacement. Through 1-800-Radiator & A/C, it also distributes heating and cooling parts to repair shops and other customers.