Clarus (CLAR) Competitors

Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) and Clarus (NASDAQ:CLAR) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Is ESCA or CLAR more profitable?

Escalade has a net margin of 5.20% compared to Clarus' net margin of 1.80%. Escalade's return on equity of 7.17% beat Clarus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Escalade	5.20%	7.17%	4.79%
Clarus	1.80%	-2.17%	-1.64%

Which has better earnings & valuation, ESCA or CLAR?

Escalade has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Clarus. Escalade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clarus, 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
Escalade	$253.07M	0.82	$9.83M	$0.94	15.96
Clarus	$286.02M	0.62	-$10.15M	$0.13	35.46

Which has more risk and volatility, ESCA or CLAR?

Escalade has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clarus has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ESCA or CLAR?

Clarus has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.00%. Given Clarus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clarus is more favorable than Escalade.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Escalade	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Clarus	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ESCA or CLAR?

65.2% of Escalade shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Clarus shares are held by institutional investors. 20.8% of Escalade shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Clarus 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.

Is ESCA or CLAR a better dividend stock?

Escalade pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Clarus pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Escalade pays out 63.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clarus pays out 76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Escalade is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor ESCA or CLAR?

In the previous week, Escalade had 4 more articles in the media than Clarus. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Escalade and 2 mentions for Clarus. Clarus' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Escalade's score of 0.05 indicating that Clarus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Escalade	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Clarus	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ESCA or CLAR?

Clarus received 89 more outperform votes than Escalade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.52% of users gave Escalade an outperform vote while only 64.01% of users gave Clarus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Escalade	Outperform Votes 240 64.52%	Underperform Votes 132 35.48%
Clarus	Outperform Votes 329 64.01%	Underperform Votes 185 35.99%

Summary

Escalade beats Clarus on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.