America's Car-Mart (CRMT) Competitors

America's Car-Mart (NASDAQ:CRMT) and Monro (NASDAQ:MNRO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRMT or MNRO?

Monro received 59 more outperform votes than America's Car-Mart when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.71% of users gave Monro an outperform vote while only 49.43% of users gave America's Car-Mart an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
America's Car-Mart	Outperform Votes 259 49.43%	Underperform Votes 265 50.57%
Monro	Outperform Votes 318 57.71%	Underperform Votes 233 42.29%

Which has more volatility and risk, CRMT or MNRO?

America's Car-Mart has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monro has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CRMT or MNRO?

Monro has lower revenue, but higher earnings than America's Car-Mart. Monro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than America's Car-Mart, 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
America's Car-Mart	$1.39B	0.30	-$31.39M	$0.89	56.09
Monro	$1.21B	0.40	$37.57M	$0.64	25.45

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CRMT or MNRO?

89.1% of America's Car-Mart shares are held by institutional investors. 19.6% of America's Car-Mart shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Monro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CRMT or MNRO?

In the previous week, Monro had 11 more articles in the media than America's Car-Mart. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Monro and 2 mentions for America's Car-Mart. America's Car-Mart's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Monro's score of -0.19 indicating that America's Car-Mart is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
America's Car-Mart	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Monro	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CRMT or MNRO more profitable?

Monro has a net margin of 1.64% compared to America's Car-Mart's net margin of -0.29%. Monro's return on equity of 3.76% beat America's Car-Mart's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
America's Car-Mart	-0.29%	-2.26%	-0.73%
Monro	1.64%	3.76%	1.45%

Do analysts prefer CRMT or MNRO?

America's Car-Mart currently has a consensus target price of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.16%. Monro has a consensus target price of $25.33, indicating a potential upside of 55.51%. Given Monro's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Monro is more favorable than America's Car-Mart.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
America's Car-Mart	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Monro	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

Monro beats America's Car-Mart on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.