Monro (MNRO) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate MNRO or CRMT?

Monro presently has a consensus price target of $25.33, indicating a potential upside of 53.63%. America's Car-Mart has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.55%. Given Monro's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Monro is more favorable than America's Car-Mart.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MNRO or CRMT?

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

Is MNRO or CRMT 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
Monro	1.64%	3.76%	1.45%
America's Car-Mart	-0.29%	-2.26%	-0.73%

Does the media favor MNRO or CRMT?

In the previous week, Monro had 3 more articles in the media than America's Car-Mart. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Monro and 3 mentions for America's Car-Mart. America's Car-Mart's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Monro's score of -0.30 indicating that America's Car-Mart is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Monro	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
America's Car-Mart	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, MNRO or CRMT?

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MNRO or CRMT?

Monro has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Monro	$1.21B	0.41	$37.57M	$0.64	25.77
America's Car-Mart	$1.39B	0.28	-$31.39M	$0.89	53.22

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MNRO or CRMT?

89.1% of America's Car-Mart shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Monro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.6% of America's Car-Mart shares are owned 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.

Summary

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