America’s Car-Mart (NASDAQ:CRMT – Get Free Report) and Lazydays (NASDAQ:GORV – Get Free Report) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for America’s Car-Mart and Lazydays, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| America’s Car-Mart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.33 |
| Lazydays | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
America’s Car-Mart presently has a consensus target price of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.26%. Lazydays has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 300.80%. Given Lazydays’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lazydays is more favorable than America’s Car-Mart.
Risk and Volatility
Profitability
This table compares America’s Car-Mart and Lazydays’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| America’s Car-Mart | -0.29% | -2.26% | -0.73% |
| Lazydays | -20.83% | -62.37% | -8.53% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares America’s Car-Mart and Lazydays”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| America’s Car-Mart | $1.36 billion | 0.27 | -$31.39 million | $0.89 | 50.04 |
| Lazydays | $920.77 million | 0.01 | -$110.27 million | ($13.85) | -0.04 |
America’s Car-Mart has higher revenue and earnings than Lazydays. Lazydays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than America’s Car-Mart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
89.1% of America’s Car-Mart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Lazydays shares are held by institutional investors. 19.6% of America’s Car-Mart shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Lazydays shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
America’s Car-Mart beats Lazydays on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About America’s Car-Mart
America’s Car-Mart, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an automotive retailer for the used car market in the United States. It primarily sells older model used vehicles and provides financing for its customers. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Rogers, Arkansas.
About Lazydays
Lazydays Holdings, Inc. operates recreational vehicle (RV) dealerships under the Lazydays name in the United States. The company offers RV sales, RV-repair and services, financing and insurance products, third-party protection plans, and after-market parts and accessories. It also operates the Lazydays RV resort at Tampa, Florida. The company was founded in 1976 and is based in Tampa, Florida.
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