Autins Group (AUTG) Competitors

Carclo (LON:CAR) and Autins Group (LON:AUTG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CAR or AUTG?

37.6% of Carclo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Autins Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.5% of Carclo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Autins Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CAR or AUTG?

Autins Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Carclo. Autins Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carclo, 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
Carclo	£138.22M	0.04	-£6.79M	-£0.09	-78.83
Autins Group	£22.68M	0.28	-£2.79M	-£0.02	-590.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAR or AUTG?

Carclo received 146 more outperform votes than Autins Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.86% of users gave Carclo an outperform vote while only 65.38% of users gave Autins Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carclo	Outperform Votes 299 69.86%	Underperform Votes 129 30.14%
Autins Group	Outperform Votes 153 65.38%	Underperform Votes 81 34.62%

Is CAR or AUTG a better dividend stock?

Carclo pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 42.3%. Autins Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Carclo pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Autins Group pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do analysts recommend CAR or AUTG?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carclo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Autins Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is CAR or AUTG more profitable?

Autins Group has a net margin of -4.03% compared to Autins Group's net margin of -4.92%. Carclo's return on equity of -8.10% beat Autins Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carclo	-4.92%	-37.12%	1.26%
Autins Group	-4.03%	-8.10%	-1.92%

Which has more risk and volatility, CAR or AUTG?

Carclo has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autins Group has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CAR or AUTG?

In the previous week, Carclo had 1 more articles in the media than Autins Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Carclo and 0 mentions for Autins Group. Autins Group's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Carclo's score of 0.00 indicating that Carclo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Carclo	Neutral
Autins Group	Neutral

Summary

Carclo beats Autins Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.