Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer (ARCI) Competitors

Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer (NASDAQ:ARCI) and The Container Store Group (NYSE:TCS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ARCI or TCS?

Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Container Store Group.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer	$36.79M	0.18	-$5.61M	N/A	N/A
The Container Store Group	$847.78M	0.01	-$103.29M	-$29.89	-0.09

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARCI or TCS?

The Container Store Group received 97 more outperform votes than Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.81% of users gave Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer an outperform vote while only 50.66% of users gave The Container Store Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer	Outperform Votes 212 61.81%	Underperform Votes 131 38.19%
The Container Store Group	Outperform Votes 309 50.66%	Underperform Votes 301 49.34%

Which has more volatility and risk, ARCI or TCS?

Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Container Store Group has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ARCI or TCS?

In the previous week, The Container Store Group had 1 more articles in the media than Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Container Store Group and 0 mentions for Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer. Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled The Container Store Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer	Neutral
The Container Store Group	Neutral

Do analysts prefer ARCI or TCS?

The Container Store Group has a consensus price target of $1.00, suggesting a potential downside of 62.26%. Given The Container Store Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe The Container Store Group is more favorable than Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
The Container Store Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is ARCI or TCS more profitable?

The Container Store Group has a net margin of -12.34% compared to Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer's net margin of -18.33%. The Container Store Group's return on equity of -17.81% beat Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer	-18.33%	-29.68%	-17.63%
The Container Store Group	-12.34%	-17.81%	-3.09%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ARCI or TCS?

6.1% of Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of The Container Store Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.4% of The Container Store Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

The Container Store Group beats Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.