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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

Which has higher valuation and 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	0.41	-£5.61M	-£0.20	-134.28
Creightons	£53.19M	0.45	-£3.53M	-£0.05	-692.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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%

Does the media refer more to BAR or CRL?

In the previous week, Creightons' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Brand Architekts Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Creightons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brand Architekts Group	Neutral
Creightons	Positive

Do insiders & 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, 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.

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 18.6%. Creightons pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. 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.

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%

Summary

Creightons beats Brand Architekts Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.