Brand Architekts Group (BAR) Competitors

Creightons (LON:CRL) and Brand Architekts Group (LON:BAR) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer CRL or BAR?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Creightons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Brand Architekts Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CRL or BAR?

2.4% of Creightons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of Brand Architekts Group shares are held by institutional investors. 61.8% of Creightons shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.5% of Brand Architekts Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CRL or BAR more profitable?

Creightons has a net margin of 2.10% compared to Creightons' net margin of -30.92%. Brand Architekts Group's return on equity of 4.69% beat Creightons' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Creightons	2.10%	4.69%	2.39%
Brand Architekts Group	-30.92%	-20.14%	-2.91%

Does the media prefer CRL or BAR?

In the previous week, Brand Architekts Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Creightons'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Creightons	Neutral
Brand Architekts Group	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRL or BAR?

Creightons received 89 more outperform votes than Brand Architekts Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Brand Architekts Group an outperform vote while only 63.76% of users gave Creightons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Creightons	Outperform Votes 95 63.76%	Underperform Votes 54 36.24%
Brand Architekts Group	Outperform Votes 6 66.67%	Underperform Votes 3 33.33%

Which has more risk & volatility, CRL or BAR?

Creightons has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brand Architekts Group has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CRL or BAR a better dividend stock?

Creightons pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Brand Architekts Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.5%. Creightons pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brand Architekts Group pays out -2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brand Architekts Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CRL or BAR?

Creightons has higher revenue and earnings than Brand Architekts Group. Brand Architekts Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Creightons, 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
Creightons	£56.45M	0.29	£1.18M	£0.02	1,185.50
Brand Architekts Group	£18.13M	0.44	-£5.61M	-£0.20	-142.50

Summary

Creightons beats Brand Architekts Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.