Christie Group (CTG) Competitors

Christie Group (LON:CTG) and Appreciate Group (LON:APP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CTG or APP?

0.3% of Christie Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Appreciate Group shares are held by institutional investors. 83.4% of Christie Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Appreciate Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, CTG or APP?

Christie Group has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Appreciate Group has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CTG or APP?

Christie Group received 94 more outperform votes than Appreciate Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.35% of users gave Appreciate Group an outperform vote while only 61.02% of users gave Christie Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Christie Group	Outperform Votes 108 61.02%	Underperform Votes 69 38.98%
Appreciate Group	Outperform Votes 14 82.35%	Underperform Votes 3 17.65%

Does the media refer more to CTG or APP?

In the previous week, Appreciate Group had 10 more articles in the media than Christie Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Appreciate Group and 1 mentions for Christie Group. Appreciate Group's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Christie Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Appreciate Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Christie Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Appreciate Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CTG or APP a better dividend stock?

Christie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Appreciate Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share. Christie Group pays out -769.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Appreciate Group pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Christie Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer CTG or APP?

Given Appreciate Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Appreciate Group is more favorable than Christie Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Christie Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Appreciate Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CTG or APP?

Appreciate Group has higher revenue and earnings than Christie Group. Christie Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Appreciate 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
Christie Group	£68.04M	0.34	-£3.31M	-£0.13	-673.08
Appreciate Group	£120.97M	0.00	£5.78M	£0.03	N/A

Is CTG or APP more profitable?

Appreciate Group has a net margin of 4.77% compared to Christie Group's net margin of -4.87%. Appreciate Group's return on equity of 42.06% beat Christie Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Christie Group	-4.87%	-80.44%	0.37%
Appreciate Group	4.77%	42.06%	2.45%

Summary

Appreciate Group beats Christie Group on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.