BBB Foods (NYSE:TBBB – Get Free Report) and Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
8.4% of BBB Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
BBB Foods has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maplebear has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for BBB Foods and Maplebear, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BBB Foods | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Maplebear | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 2.70 |
BBB Foods currently has a consensus target price of $50.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.62%. Maplebear has a consensus target price of $58.24, suggesting a potential upside of 14.16%. Given Maplebear’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Maplebear is more favorable than BBB Foods.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares BBB Foods and Maplebear”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BBB Foods | $91.15 billion | 0.07 | -$148.23 million | ($1.61) | -35.09 |
| Maplebear | $3.99 billion | 2.96 | $447.00 million | $1.83 | 27.88 |
Maplebear has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BBB Foods. BBB Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maplebear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares BBB Foods and Maplebear’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BBB Foods | -3.68% | -72.47% | -10.71% |
| Maplebear | 11.97% | 20.19% | 14.13% |
Summary
Maplebear beats BBB Foods on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BBB Foods
BBB Foods Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates a chain of grocery retail stores in Mexico. It offers household cleaning, personal hyenine, cosmetics and beauty, pharmacy, and general merchandise products, as well as jellies and desserts, foods and drinks, pet supplies, coffee, tea, chocolates, breads, dry and frozen foods, snacks and sweets, and toilet papers and napkins. The company also provides branded, private label, and spot products. It serves low-to-middle income households through online channels. BBB Foods Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.
About Maplebear
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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.
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