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Maplebear Inc.

$CART·$10B·Software - Services·Technology
$43.49+0.3%YTD-3.5%1Y+14.7%
Price updated 5h ago·X counts updated 2d ago
CACART
$CARTMaplebear Inc.
$43.49+0.35%161 posts0.9×
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On X

The complete picture of $CART on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

161X posts · last 7 days
Sep 12Sep 27
Chatter Meter
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How loud $CART's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-09-02

Instacart is 'knockin on the door of all-time highs' and community accounts flag the $53–$54 breakout level with a massive monthly base still in the making. Bulls note the growth story, margins improving, and the chart coiled just under resistance sitting on key MAs — a clean break above $51 (or $52 for confirmation) triggers the next leg. Monthly charts look good in scans.

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $CART — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-09-29

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Instacart flat YTD at 26x TTM earnings and 10% FCF yield — Dollar General expansion plus Sequoia's continuing 13D activity.

Maplebear (Instacart) is the grocery-delivery-and-fulfillment platform whose stock has been dead money all year despite improving free cash flow and expanding partner rosters.

  • The valuation is cleaner than the recent tape suggests: PE 26.4, PS 3.0, FCF yield 10% — for a business with 72% gross margin generating $480M free cash flow per quarter and growing revenue 14% year-on-year, the multiple is undemanding versus growth-software peers.
  • The Q2 print showed mixed operational execution: EPS $0.45 versus $0.54 consensus (-17%) after two prior smaller misses — analysts have been chasing operating-margin trajectory that management hasn't fully delivered yet, suggesting a rebasing quarter is due.
  • The Sequoia 13D/A pair (Amendments 8 and 9 on 8-10 and 8-17) plus fresh Series A Convertible Preferred conversion adds capital-structure noise — Sequoia's continuing engagement is neither bullish nor bearish yet, but it signals ongoing strategic-partner attention worth tracking.

The 11-9 print is where a beat plus visible Muse-competitive-strategy commentary either resolves the coil or another miss extends the range. Watch order-frequency-per-active-user, Dollar General ramp, and any explicit AI-agent competitive response.

Agrees with X sentimentX's technical framing ($53-54 breakout level, monthly base still forming, coiled just under resistance, monthly charts positive in scans) captures the tape setup. The Meta Muse threat to Instacart's grocery empire (from news) is the legitimate structural risk the crowd is under-weighting.

What to watch: 11-9 earnings — order-frequency-per-active-user, Dollar General ramp, and any explicit Muse competitive-response strategy. A beat plus visible AI-agent positioning resolves the coil; another miss with no Muse response invites a real reset.

On the calendar: 2026-11-09 — Q3 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Instacart operates the leading US grocery delivery marketplace, connecting consumers with retailer fulfillment and monetizing through advertising and enterprise SaaS.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Software - Services sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $CART.

Software - Services · Technology

No material change from last week — DoorDash-Costco deal raises competitive threat to CART's grocery delivery moat.

What this means for $CART

Partial — Instacart operates the leading US grocery delivery marketplace, connecting consumers with retailer fulfillment and monetizing through advertising and enterprise SaaS.

Top industry ETF

$XLKTechnology Select Sector SPDR
+34.1%YTD
+38.8%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
26.4How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
17.6%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
14.8%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
10.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
3.0Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
17.6%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
72.4%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 6, 2026$0.45$0.54-17.0%
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$0.57$0.58-1.7%
Q4 2025Feb 12, 2026$0.31$0.52-40.4%
Q3 2025Nov 10, 2025$0.51$0.49+3.2%
Next earningsMon, Nov 9·consensus EPS $0.64

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$1.0B+14.1%72.0%13.7%$0.46$480.0M
Q1 FY26$1.0B+13.6%71.8%18.1%$0.59$252.0M
Q4 FY25$992.0M+12.3%72.3%9.9%$0.31$171.0M
Q3 FY25$939.0M+10.2%73.7%17.7%$0.54$272.0M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 23 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$4.3B$4.1B – $4.3B$2.33$2.05 – $2.4823
FY27$4.7B$4.3B – $4.9B$2.97$2.42 – $3.7423
FY28$5.2B$4.7B – $5.4B$3.49$2.21 – $4.2619
FY29$5.5B$5.3B – $5.7B$3.86$3.60 – $3.979
FY30$5.9B$5.6B – $6.1B$4.38$4.09 – $4.5115

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.8×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.54%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-8.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+2.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 157.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.2% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.805-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellSep 22Morgan FongChief Legal Officer18.4K sh$827KSellSep 15Lisa Blackwood-kapralChief Accounting Officer3.0K sh$142KSellAug 27Laughton Mary BethDirector10.2K sh$515KSellAug 24Morgan FongChief Legal Officer18.4K sh$919KSellAug 19Ravi GuptaDirector150.0K sh$7.6MSellAug 19Chris RogersCEO7.6K sh$372KSellAug 13Emily ReuterCFO25.0K sh$1.3MSellAug 7Chris RogersCEO4.9K sh$247KSellJul 22Morgan FongChief Legal Officer18.4K sh$815KSellJul 15Lisa Blackwood-kapralChief Accounting Officer3.0K sh$144K
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+ 23 other (11 awards · 8 inkinds · 3 exempts · 1 other) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KUnregistered equity saleSep 258-K — Item 3.02: Unregistered equity sale · Item 5.03: Charter amendment
AI summary

Maplebear Inc. (Instacart) received formal notice from the holder(s) of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to convert all 5,833,333 Series A preferred shares into Instacart common stock. Following the conversion, the converted shares will be subject to a lock-up restriction that limits their resale for a defined period. The conversion triggers Item 3.02 (Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities) because newly issued common shares are not registered, and Item 5.03 as the preferred class is eliminated upon full conversion. This removes a senior security from Instacart's capital structure, simplifying it to effectively common equity.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentAug 17SC 13D/A
AI summary

Sequoia Capital filed SC 13D Amendment No. 9 for Maplebear Inc. (Instacart) on August 17, 2026, triggered August 13, 2026. Multiple Sequoia entities are disclosed: SC GGF III – Endurance Partners holds 351,374 shares (0.2%); SC US/E Expansion Fund I holds 1,000,000 shares (0.4%); the management LP reports 3,150,331 shares (~1.4%). Routine amendment reflecting ongoing dispositions by Sequoia, one of Instacart's early institutional backers; the declining sub-2% individual entity positions indicate Sequoia continues to wind down its post-IPO exposure.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentAug 12SC 13D/A
AI summary

Multiple Sequoia Capital entities filed Amendment No. 8 to their Schedule 13D on Maplebear Inc. (Instacart) following an event on August 10, 2026. Collectively, the Sequoia group holds shares across several funds: Sequoia Capital Global Growth Fund III — Endurance Partners holds 351,374 shares (0.2%), while Sequoia Capital US/E Expansion Fund I holds 1,000,000 shares (0.4%), and related management entities hold an additional 3,150,331 shares in aggregate. The total float outstanding was 231,500,067 shares as of July 31, 2026. The amendment updates beneficial ownership disclosures following portfolio adjustments.

8-KShareholder voteMay 298-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMay 11SC 13D/A
8-KMaterial agreementMay 68-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation · Item 8.01: Other event
+ 9 other (2 10-Qs · 2 13Gs · 2 proxys · 1 earnings 8-K) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Implied Volatility Surging for Instacart Stock Optionszacks.com·15h agoUnite Us and Instacart Partner to Scale Food-as-Medicine Programs Nationwidebusinesswire.com·17h agoMaplebear (NASDAQ:CART) and BJ’s Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) Financial Analysisdefenseworld.net·2d agoInstacart's Chief Accounting Officer Sells Over 3,000 Shares After the Stock Falls from a One-Year Highfool.com·3d agoMaplebear (NASDAQ:CART) Stock: Insider Morgan Fong Sells 18,390 Sharesdefenseworld.net·4d ago

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