Comptoir Group (COM) Competitors

Comptoir Group (LON:COM) and Tortilla Mexican Grill (LON:MEX) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in COM or MEX?

Comptoir Group received 66 more outperform votes than Tortilla Mexican Grill when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.83% of users gave Comptoir Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Tortilla Mexican Grill an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Comptoir Group	Outperform Votes 66 47.83%	Underperform Votes 72 52.17%
Tortilla Mexican Grill	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 7 100.00%

Does the media prefer COM or MEX?

In the previous week, Tortilla Mexican Grill had 2 more articles in the media than Comptoir Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tortilla Mexican Grill and 0 mentions for Comptoir Group. Tortilla Mexican Grill's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Comptoir Group's score of -0.64 indicating that Tortilla Mexican Grill is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Comptoir Group	Negative
Tortilla Mexican Grill	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, COM or MEX?

Tortilla Mexican Grill has higher revenue and earnings than Comptoir Group. Tortilla Mexican Grill is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comptoir 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
Comptoir Group	£32.59M	0.11	-£2.56M	-£2.08	-1.45
Tortilla Mexican Grill	£64.46M	0.24	-£708.94K	-£1.83	-21.82

Do analysts rate COM or MEX?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Comptoir Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Tortilla Mexican Grill	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is COM or MEX more profitable?

Tortilla Mexican Grill has a net margin of -1.10% compared to Comptoir Group's net margin of -7.85%. Tortilla Mexican Grill's return on equity of -27.06% beat Comptoir Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Comptoir Group	-7.85%	-110.71%	-3.24%
Tortilla Mexican Grill	-1.10%	-27.06%	1.87%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in COM or MEX?

9.5% of Comptoir Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Tortilla Mexican Grill shares are held by institutional investors. 80.3% of Comptoir Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of Tortilla Mexican Grill shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, COM or MEX?

Comptoir Group has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tortilla Mexican Grill has a beta of -0.09, meaning that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tortilla Mexican Grill beats Comptoir Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.