CARR vs. MTW, ATS, NVT, VEND, DCI, SYM, TRT, GRC, AVS, and CVR
Should you be buying Carr's Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carr's Group include Mattioli Woods (MTW), Artemis Alpha Trust (ATS), Northern Venture Trust (NVT), Ventus VCT D (VEND), DCI Advisors (DCI), Symphony Environmental Technologies (SYM), Transense Technologies (TRT), GRC International Group (GRC), Avesco Group (AVS), and Conviviality Plc, (CVR). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Carr's Group vs. Its Competitors
Mattioli Woods (LON:MTW) and Carr's Group (LON:CARR) are both small-cap machinery companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Mattioli Woods pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share. Carr's Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Mattioli Woods pays out 14,210.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carr's Group pays out -574.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carr's Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
55.3% of Mattioli Woods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of Carr's Group shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of Mattioli Woods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.6% of Carr's Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Given Mattioli Woods' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Mattioli Woods is more favorable than Carr's Group.
Mattioli Woods has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Carr's Group. Carr's Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mattioli Woods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mattioli Woods has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carr's Group has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mattioli Woods has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Carr's Group's net margin of -0.93%. Mattioli Woods' return on equity of 4.38% beat Carr's Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Carr's Group had 7 more articles in the media than Mattioli Woods. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Carr's Group and 0 mentions for Mattioli Woods. Carr's Group's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Mattioli Woods' score of 0.00 indicating that Carr's Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Mattioli Woods and Carr's Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:CARR) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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