Clarus (CLAR) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CLAR or JOUT?

90.3% of Clarus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Johnson Outdoors shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of Clarus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.7% of Johnson Outdoors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CLAR or JOUT a better dividend stock?

Clarus pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Johnson Outdoors pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Clarus pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson Outdoors pays out 280.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLAR or JOUT?

Clarus received 51 more outperform votes than Johnson Outdoors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.48% of users gave Johnson Outdoors an outperform vote while only 64.44% of users gave Clarus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clarus	Outperform Votes 328 64.44%	Underperform Votes 181 35.56%
Johnson Outdoors	Outperform Votes 277 65.48%	Underperform Votes 146 34.52%

Which has more risk and volatility, CLAR or JOUT?

Clarus has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Outdoors has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CLAR or JOUT more profitable?

Clarus has a net margin of 3.08% compared to Johnson Outdoors' net margin of 0.82%. Clarus' return on equity of 1.01% beat Johnson Outdoors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clarus	3.08%	1.01%	0.64%
Johnson Outdoors	0.82%	0.97%	0.71%

Does the media refer more to CLAR or JOUT?

In the previous week, Johnson Outdoors had 3 more articles in the media than Clarus. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Johnson Outdoors and 1 mentions for Clarus. Clarus' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Johnson Outdoors' score of 0.93 indicating that Clarus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Clarus	Positive
Johnson Outdoors	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, CLAR or JOUT?

Johnson Outdoors has higher revenue and earnings than Clarus. Clarus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Johnson Outdoors, 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
Clarus	$286.02M	0.94	-$10.15M	$0.26	26.92
Johnson Outdoors	$663.84M	0.56	$19.53M	$0.47	77.43

Do analysts recommend CLAR or JOUT?

Clarus presently has a consensus price target of $9.92, indicating a potential upside of 41.67%. Given Clarus' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Clarus is more favorable than Johnson Outdoors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clarus	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Johnson Outdoors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Clarus beats Johnson Outdoors on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.