Autins Group (AUTG) Competitors

Carclo (LON:CAR) and Autins Group (LON:AUTG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer CAR or AUTG?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carclo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Autins Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is CAR or AUTG a better dividend stock?

Carclo pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Autins Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Carclo pays out -7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Autins Group pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Autins Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAR or AUTG?

Carclo received 146 more outperform votes than Autins Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.86% of users gave Carclo an outperform vote while only 65.38% of users gave Autins Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carclo	Outperform Votes 299 69.86%	Underperform Votes 129 30.14%
Autins Group	Outperform Votes 153 65.38%	Underperform Votes 81 34.62%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CAR or AUTG?

Autins Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Carclo. Autins Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carclo, 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
Carclo	£132.67M	0.18	-£3.30M	-£0.04	-800.00
Autins Group	£23.49M	0.22	-£2.79M	-£0.01	-950.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CAR or AUTG?

37.0% of Carclo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Autins Group shares are held by institutional investors. 38.0% of Carclo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Autins Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor CAR or AUTG?

In the previous week, Carclo had 1 more articles in the media than Autins Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Carclo and 0 mentions for Autins Group. Carclo's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Autins Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Carclo	Neutral
Autins Group	Neutral

Is CAR or AUTG more profitable?

Autins Group has a net margin of -2.00% compared to Carclo's net margin of -2.49%. Autins Group's return on equity of -4.44% beat Carclo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carclo	-2.49%	-43.22%	2.73%
Autins Group	-2.00%	-4.44%	-0.43%

Which has more risk & volatility, CAR or AUTG?

Carclo has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autins Group has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Autins Group beats Carclo on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.