Analyzing Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) and Raia Drogasil (OTCMKTS:RADLY)

Raia Drogasil (OTCMKTS:RADLY) and Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

63.1% of Maplebear shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.0% of Maplebear shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Raia Drogasil and Maplebear, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Raia Drogasil	0	1	0	0	2.00
Maplebear	0	6	14	0	2.70

Maplebear has a consensus target price of $58.24, suggesting a potential upside of 17.85%. Given Maplebear’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Maplebear is more favorable than Raia Drogasil.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Raia Drogasil and Maplebear”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Raia Drogasil	$7.92 billion	0.67	$232.27 million	$0.05	80.20
Maplebear	$3.74 billion	3.06	$447.00 million	$1.83	27.00

Maplebear has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Raia Drogasil. Maplebear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Raia Drogasil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Raia Drogasil and Maplebear’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Raia Drogasil	2.99%	20.12%	5.88%
Maplebear	11.97%	20.19%	14.13%

Summary

Maplebear beats Raia Drogasil on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Raia Drogasil

Raia Drogasil S.A. engages in the retail sale of medicines, perfumery, personal care and beauty products, cosmetics, dermocosmetics, and specialty medicines in Brazil. It also markets its goods through telesales and call centers in the states of São Paulo, Tocantins, and Pernambuco. The company was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

About Maplebear

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.