Carr's Group (CARR) Competitors

Mattioli Woods (LON:MTW) and Carr's Group (LON:CARR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MTW or CARR?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 37.6% of Carr's Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate MTW or CARR?

Given Mattioli Woods' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mattioli Woods is more favorable than Carr's Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mattioli Woods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Carr's Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is MTW or CARR a better dividend stock?

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 5.2%. 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MTW or CARR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mattioli Woods	£115.40M	0.00	£9.91M	£0.19	N/A
Carr's Group	£149.76M	0.99	-£1.40M	-£1.39	-109.43

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTW or CARR?

Mattioli Woods received 62 more outperform votes than Carr's Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.16% of users gave Mattioli Woods an outperform vote while only 61.09% of users gave Carr's Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mattioli Woods	Outperform Votes 230 65.16%	Underperform Votes 123 34.84%
Carr's Group	Outperform Votes 168 61.09%	Underperform Votes 107 38.91%

Which has more risk and volatility, MTW or CARR?

Mattioli Woods has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carr's Group has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer MTW or CARR?

In the previous week, Carr's Group had 1 more articles in the media than Mattioli Woods. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Carr's Group and 0 mentions for Mattioli Woods. Mattioli Woods' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Carr's Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mattioli Woods	Neutral
Carr's Group	Neutral

Is MTW or CARR more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mattioli Woods	8.59%	4.38%	4.42%
Carr's Group	-0.93%	-1.34%	-0.24%

Summary

Mattioli Woods beats Carr's Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.