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Company snapshot — Maplebear Inc.

CART in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Instacart, run under the corporate name Maplebear, offers grocery retailers a marketplace app and website where shoppers place orders that independent workers pick and deliver. It also licenses retailers a fuller platform for running online grocery operations, and it sells advertising space to brands wanting visibility as shoppers browse and buy. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, it became a listed company in 2023.
Where it sits in the stack
Closelook holds no index seat for Maplebear; it sits in our Consumer Cyclical sector, within the internet-retail and on-demand grocery grouping the diary follows outside the AI build-out.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for Maplebear draws on scored Consumer Cyclical names based in the US, including Deckers Outdoor, Brinker International, SharkNinja, Lululemon and Viking Holdings; the comparison the market usually makes is with DoorDash.
Why Closelook tracks it
Maplebear carries no seat in our index and has not featured in the diary's editions or quotes; it does carry a Closelook score, with momentum the strongest module and valuation the weakest.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether advertising income keeps growing faster than order volume, since that balance shapes how the market weighs the stock against other grocery-delivery names.

Maplebear Inc. (CART) trades on US exchanges, classified under Consumer Cyclical.

The Closelook company score reads 67/100 composite (momentum 66, quality 70, valuation 58) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for CART, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Argus, 2026-09-02

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for CART from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Argus — target 58 from 50 Target raised to $58 from $50 (+15.9% to spot) 2026-09-02

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Internet Retail · US · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Internet Retail · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against CART on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 1.39 bn USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What CART pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 1.39 bn USD 12.8% of today's market value
  • Share count −3.3% in FY2025 352 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 1.39 bn USD · 152% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sector × region Consumer discretionary in US: −2.0% week · −5.6% month · −6.8% quarter · −4.2% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLY.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-16
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Maplebear Inc. (CART)?

Maplebear Inc. trades as CART on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Consumer Cyclical in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is CART in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Maplebear Inc. is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

What is Maplebear Inc.'s Closelook composite score?

67 out of 100, with momentum 66, quality 70 and valuation 58 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CART trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -5.2% vs the 50-day and +6.7% vs the 200-day average, 13.8% below the 52-week high and +38.8% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 73 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Maplebear Inc. do?

Instacart, run under the corporate name Maplebear, offers grocery retailers a marketplace app and website where shoppers place orders that independent workers pick and deliver. It also licenses retailers a fuller platform for running online grocery operations, and it sells advertising space to brands wanting visibility as shoppers browse and buy. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, it became a listed company in 2023. Closelook's peer group for Maplebear draws on scored Consumer Cyclical names based in the US, including Deckers Outdoor, Brinker International, SharkNinja, Lululemon and Viking Holdings; the comparison the market usually makes is with DoorDash.

Where does Maplebear Inc. sit in the AI build-out?

Closelook holds no index seat for Maplebear; it sits in our Consumer Cyclical sector, within the internet-retail and on-demand grocery grouping the diary follows outside the AI build-out. Maplebear carries no seat in our index and has not featured in the diary's editions or quotes; it does carry a Closelook score, with momentum the strongest module and valuation the weakest.

Does Maplebear Inc. pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Maplebear Inc.’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 1.39 bn USD of its own shares, 152% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 3.3% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Maplebear Inc. recently?

The most recent analyst action on Maplebear Inc. on the Closelook wire is a price target by Argus on 2026-09-02 (target 58 from 50). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CART, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Internet Retail. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.