Carr's Group (CARR) Competitors

Artemis Alpha Trust (LON:ATS) and Carr's Group (LON:CARR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ATS or CARR?

Artemis Alpha Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Carr's Group. Carr's Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Artemis Alpha Trust, 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
Artemis Alpha Trust	£20.39M	5.92	£17.68M	£0.54	683.33
Carr's Group	£144.83M	0.74	£5.66M	-£0.01	-11,400.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ATS or CARR?

Carr's Group received 101 more outperform votes than Artemis Alpha Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.99% of users gave Carr's Group an outperform vote while only 58.77% of users gave Artemis Alpha Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Artemis Alpha Trust	Outperform Votes 67 58.77%	Underperform Votes 47 41.23%
Carr's Group	Outperform Votes 168 61.99%	Underperform Votes 103 38.01%

Which has more risk and volatility, ATS or CARR?

Artemis Alpha Trust has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carr's Group has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ATS or CARR a better dividend stock?

Artemis Alpha Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Carr's Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Artemis Alpha Trust pays out 1,296.3% 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 pays out -80,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carr's Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ATS or CARR?

22.2% of Artemis Alpha Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of Carr's Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.0% of Artemis Alpha Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.6% of Carr's Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer ATS or CARR?

In the previous week, Carr's Group had 6 more articles in the media than Artemis Alpha Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Carr's Group and 0 mentions for Artemis Alpha Trust. Carr's Group's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Artemis Alpha Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Carr's Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Artemis Alpha Trust	Neutral
Carr's Group	Neutral

Do analysts prefer ATS or CARR?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Artemis Alpha Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Carr's Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is ATS or CARR more profitable?

Artemis Alpha Trust has a net margin of 86.71% compared to Carr's Group's net margin of -1.12%. Artemis Alpha Trust's return on equity of 13.86% beat Carr's Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Artemis Alpha Trust	86.71%	13.86%	8.95%
Carr's Group	-1.12%	-0.88%	-0.24%

Summary

Carr's Group beats Artemis Alpha Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.