CARVANA CO. vs THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY, two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CVNA and SHW diverge most: on ev/ebitda, CVNA reads 21.8 and SHW reads 253.0; on revenue growth, CVNA reads +54.2% and SHW reads +5.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What SHW's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CVNA | SHW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $62.36 | $340.76 |
| Market cap | $46.1B | $83.8B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +10.1% |
| P/E | — | 31.4 |
| P/B | 8.98 | 21.75 |
| P/S | 1.84 | 3.43 |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.8 | 253.0 |
| Revenue growth | +54.2% | +5.8% |
| Gross margin | 18.8% | 49.2% |
| Operating margin | 9.2% | — |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 11.0% |
| Return on equity | 30.5% | 69.7% |
| Return on assets | 10.8% | 10.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 17.1% | — |
| FCF yield | 2.0% | 3.8% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.9% |
| Debt / equity | 1.01 | 3.13 |
| Current ratio | 3.93 | 0.73 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.36 | 6.89 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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