Artisanal Spirits (ART) Competitors

Artisanal Spirits (LON:ART) and Gusbourne (LON:GUS) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ART or GUS?

Gusbourne received 52 more outperform votes than Artisanal Spirits when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Artisanal Spirits	N/A	N/A
Gusbourne	Outperform Votes 52 61.90%	Underperform Votes 32 38.10%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ART or GUS?

18.1% of Artisanal Spirits shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.3% of Gusbourne shares are held by institutional investors. 66.8% of Artisanal Spirits shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 84.6% of Gusbourne shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ART or GUS more profitable?

Artisanal Spirits has a net margin of -14.52% compared to Gusbourne's net margin of -42.04%. Artisanal Spirits' return on equity of -19.51% beat Gusbourne's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Artisanal Spirits	-14.52%	-19.51%	-1.38%
Gusbourne	-42.04%	-24.75%	-2.74%

Do analysts rate ART or GUS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Artisanal Spirits	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Gusbourne	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ART or GUS?

Gusbourne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Artisanal Spirits. Gusbourne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Artisanal Spirits, 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
Artisanal Spirits	£23.37M	1.28	-£3.39M	-£0.05	-846.90
Gusbourne	£7.05M	5.37	-£2.96M	-£0.05	-1,245.00

Which has more volatility & risk, ART or GUS?

Artisanal Spirits has a beta of -0.11, suggesting that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gusbourne has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ART or GUS?

In the previous week, Artisanal Spirits had 5 more articles in the media than Gusbourne. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Artisanal Spirits and 5 mentions for Gusbourne. Artisanal Spirits' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Gusbourne's score of -0.37 indicating that Artisanal Spirits is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Artisanal Spirits	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Gusbourne	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Artisanal Spirits beats Gusbourne on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.