Artisanal Spirits (ART) Competitors

Gusbourne (LON:GUS) and Artisanal Spirits (LON:ART) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GUS or ART?

Artisanal Spirits has higher revenue and earnings than Gusbourne. Artisanal Spirits is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gusbourne, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gusbourne	£6.96M	3.41	-£3.46M	-£0.06	-650.00
Artisanal Spirits	£23.37M	1.15	-£3.39M	-£0.05	-760.00

Does the media favor GUS or ART?

In the previous week, Artisanal Spirits had 3 more articles in the media than Gusbourne. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Artisanal Spirits and 0 mentions for Gusbourne. Gusbourne's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Artisanal Spirits' score of 0.74 indicating that Gusbourne is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gusbourne	Positive
Artisanal Spirits	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GUS or ART?

Gusbourne received 52 more outperform votes than Artisanal Spirits when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gusbourne	Outperform Votes 52 61.90%	Underperform Votes 32 38.10%
Artisanal Spirits	N/A	N/A

Is GUS or ART more profitable?

Artisanal Spirits has a net margin of -14.52% compared to Gusbourne's net margin of -49.75%. Artisanal Spirits' return on equity of -19.51% beat Gusbourne's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gusbourne	-49.75%	-33.54%	-2.99%
Artisanal Spirits	-14.52%	-19.51%	-1.38%

Which has more risk and volatility, GUS or ART?

Gusbourne has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artisanal Spirits has a beta of -0.11, meaning that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GUS or ART?

2.3% of Gusbourne shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Artisanal Spirits shares are held by institutional investors. 84.6% of Gusbourne shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 66.8% of Artisanal Spirits shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Artisanal Spirits beats Gusbourne on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.