Carr's Group (CARR) Competitors

Carr's Group (LON:CARR) and Mattioli Woods (LON:MTW) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CARR or MTW?

Mattioli Woods has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Carr's Group. Carr's Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mattioli Woods, 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
Carr's Group	£149.76M	0.85	-£1.40M	-£1.39	-93.28
Mattioli Woods	£115.40M	0.00	£9.91M	£0.19	N/A

Is CARR or MTW more profitable?

Mattioli Woods has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Carr's Group's net margin of -0.93%. Mattioli Woods' return on equity of 4.38% beat Carr's Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carr's Group	-0.93%	-1.34%	-0.24%
Mattioli Woods	8.59%	4.38%	4.42%

Is CARR or MTW a better dividend stock?

Carr's Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Mattioli Woods pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share. Carr's Group pays out -574.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mattioli Woods pays out 14,210.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carr's Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CARR or MTW?

47.1% of Carr's Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.3% of Mattioli Woods shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.6% of Carr's Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Mattioli Woods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CARR or MTW?

Mattioli Woods received 62 more outperform votes than Carr's Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.16% of users gave Mattioli Woods an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave Carr's Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carr's Group	Outperform Votes 168 61.54%	Underperform Votes 105 38.46%
Mattioli Woods	Outperform Votes 230 65.16%	Underperform Votes 123 34.84%

Does the media favor CARR or MTW?

In the previous week, Carr's Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Mattioli Woods'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Carr's Group	Neutral
Mattioli Woods	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, CARR or MTW?

Carr's Group has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mattioli Woods has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mattioli Woods beats Carr's Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.