Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. CARG scored 82.4, SPOT scored 54.9 — CARG leads.
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Different reporting periods. CARG's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but SPOT's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
CARG
CarGurus, Inc.
Internet Content & Information · Quality-Growth
82.4
$28.85 · $2.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
27.5
CARG leads
SPOT
Spotify Technology S.A.
Internet Content & Information · Quality-Growth
54.9
$529.14 · $108.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestCARG15.3x
Fastest growthCARG+13.7%
Strongest balance sheetSPOT0.06
Highest qualityCARG86 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueCARG-44%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
CARG
stronger →← stronger
SPOT
86
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
76
82
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
80
79
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
32
CARG is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
CARG
SPOT
$291mC
FCF
$3.7bB
+13.7%B+
Rev
+9.7%B
0.70B
D/E
0.06A
15.3xB+
P/E
30.4xC+
0.63A-
PEG
1.49B
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
CARG
SPOT
44% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
124% above
~-5%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~34%/yr
+57%
1-yr DCF upside
-62%
+78%
5-yr DCF upside
-55%
+112%
10-yr DCF upside
-44%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
CARG
Why this score
Buying back stock
SPOT
Why this score
Foreign reporter (EUR)
The companies
CARGCarGurus, Inc.
Internet Content & Information · $28.85 · beta 1.22
Why now
Internet Content & Information · market cap $2.6b. Down 30% from 52-week high of $41.22 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +14%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.63 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 11 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $41.27 (implying +43% upside).
Moat
Net margin 18% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 53% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 156% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 30% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
SPOTSpotify Technology S.A.
Internet Content & Information · $529.14 · beta 1.61
Why now
Internet Content & Information · market cap $108.8b. Down 24% from 52-week high of $700.12 — deep drawdown territory. 38 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $593.99 (implying +12% upside).
Moat
Net margin 13% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 27% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 98% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Beta 1.61 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Trailing P/E 30x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where CARG and SPOT diverge
On the headline score the gap is 27.5 points in favor of CARG. The widest single difference is Value, where CARG leads by 47.3 points.
ValueCARG 79.1 · SPOT 31.8CARG +47.3
QualityCARG 86.2 · SPOT 76.0CARG +10.2
GrowthCARG 82.1 · SPOT 79.7level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is CARG or SPOT the better stock?
CARG scores higher: CARG 82.4, SPOT 54.9 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do CARG and SPOT differ most?
The widest gap is value, where CARG leads by 47 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. CARG also leads quality, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are CARG and SPOT scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.