Carr's Group (CARR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTW or CARR?

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

Is MTW or CARR a better dividend stock?

Mattioli Woods pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share. Carr's Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. 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 pays out -574.0% 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.

Does the media favor MTW or CARR?

In the previous week, Carr's Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Mattioli Woods' score of 0.00 indicating that Carr's Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mattioli Woods	Neutral
Carr's Group	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MTW or CARR?

55.3% of Mattioli Woods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of Carr's Group shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of Mattioli Woods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.6% of Carr's Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, MTW or CARR?

Mattioli Woods has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Mattioli Woods	£115.40M	0.00	£9.91M	£0.19	N/A
Carr's Group	£149.76M	0.82	-£1.40M	-£1.39	-90.41

Which has more volatility and risk, MTW or CARR?

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

Is MTW or CARR 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
Mattioli Woods	8.59%	4.38%	4.42%
Carr's Group	-0.93%	-1.34%	-0.24%

Summary

Mattioli Woods beats Carr's Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.