Brand Architekts Group (BAR) Competitors

Brand Architekts Group (LON:BAR) and Creightons (LON:CRL) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BAR or CRL?

49.8% of Brand Architekts Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of Creightons shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.5% of Brand Architekts Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Creightons shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BAR or CRL a better dividend stock?

Brand Architekts Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.2%. Creightons pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Brand Architekts Group pays out -2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Creightons pays out -2,000.0% 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. Brand Architekts Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate BAR or CRL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brand Architekts Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Creightons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BAR or CRL?

Creightons has higher revenue and earnings than Brand Architekts Group. Creightons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brand Architekts Group, 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
Brand Architekts Group	£18.13M	0.40	-£5.61M	-£0.20	-130.00
Creightons	£53.19M	0.37	-£3.53M	-£0.05	-580.00

Is BAR or CRL more profitable?

Creightons has a net margin of -6.63% compared to Brand Architekts Group's net margin of -30.92%. Creightons' return on equity of -14.84% beat Brand Architekts Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brand Architekts Group	-30.92%	-20.14%	-2.91%
Creightons	-6.63%	-14.84%	2.35%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BAR or CRL?

Creightons received 89 more outperform votes than Brand Architekts Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Brand Architekts Group an outperform vote while only 63.76% of users gave Creightons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brand Architekts Group	Outperform Votes 6 66.67%	Underperform Votes 3 33.33%
Creightons	Outperform Votes 95 63.76%	Underperform Votes 54 36.24%

Which has more risk and volatility, BAR or CRL?

Brand Architekts Group has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Creightons has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BAR or CRL?

In the previous week, Brand Architekts Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Creightons'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brand Architekts Group	Neutral
Creightons	Neutral

Summary

Creightons beats Brand Architekts Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.