Driven Brands (DRVN) & Its Peers Head-To-Head Survey

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Driven Brands and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Driven Brands	1	6	5	2	2.57
Driven Brands Competitors	3526	15187	21153	548	2.46

Driven Brands presently has a consensus price target of $16.77, indicating a potential upside of 34.63%. As a group, “Specialty Retail” companies have a potential upside of 12.08%. Given Driven Brands’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Driven Brands is more favorable than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

77.1% of Driven Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Driven Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.0% 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Driven Brands and its peers’ 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	-2.02%	-28.75%	3.24%

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Driven Brands	$1.86 billion	$140.16 million	11.98
Driven Brands Competitors	$7.01 billion	$390.09 million	14.89

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

Volatility & Risk

Driven Brands has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Driven Brands’ peers have a beta of 1.78, suggesting that their average share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Driven Brands beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Driven Brands

Driven Brands Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides automotive services to retail and commercial customers in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It offers various services, such as paint, collision, glass, repair, car wash, oil change, and maintenance services. The company also distributes automotive parts, including radiators, air conditioning components, and exhaust products to automotive repair shops, auto parts stores, body shops, and other auto repair outlets; windshields and glass accessories through a network of distribution centers; and consumable products, such as oil filters and wiper blades, as well as training services to repair and maintenance, and paint and collision shops. It sells its products and services under the CARSTAR, IMO, MAACO, Meineke Car Care Centers, PH Vitres D’Autos, Take 5 Oil Change, Take 5 Car Wash, Auto Glass Now, Fix Auto USA, and 1-800-Radiator & A/C, Spire Supply, and Automotive Training Institute brands. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.