Carter Bankshares (CARE) Competitors

Sprott (NYSE:SII) and Carter Bankshares (NASDAQ:CARE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is SII or CARE more profitable?

Sprott has a net margin of 27.38% compared to Carter Bankshares' net margin of 10.09%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat Carter Bankshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprott	27.38%	15.02%	11.91%
Carter Bankshares	10.09%	6.50%	0.53%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SII or CARE?

28.3% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of Carter Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Sprott shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Carter Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to SII or CARE?

In the previous week, Carter Bankshares had 3 more articles in the media than Sprott. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Carter Bankshares and 4 mentions for Sprott. Carter Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Sprott's score of 0.89 indicating that Carter Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sprott	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carter Bankshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, SII or CARE?

Sprott has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carter Bankshares has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SII or CARE?

Carter Bankshares received 20 more outperform votes than Sprott when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.61% of users gave Carter Bankshares an outperform vote while only 41.38% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sprott	Outperform Votes 12 41.38%	Underperform Votes 17 58.62%
Carter Bankshares	Outperform Votes 32 51.61%	Underperform Votes 30 48.39%

Do analysts recommend SII or CARE?

Carter Bankshares has a consensus price target of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.09%. Given Carter Bankshares' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carter Bankshares is more favorable than Sprott.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sprott	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Carter Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SII or CARE?

Sprott has higher revenue and earnings than Carter Bankshares. Carter Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, 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
Sprott	$168.35M	7.97	$41.80M	$1.90	27.37
Carter Bankshares	$135.74M	2.65	$24.52M	$1.20	12.98

Summary

Sprott beats Carter Bankshares on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.