CARR vs. MTW, ATS, NVT, VEND, DCI, TRT, SYM, 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), Transense Technologies (TRT), Symphony Environmental Technologies (SYM), 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.
55.3% of Mattioli Woods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of Carr's Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of Mattioli Woods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.6% of Carr's Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Given Mattioli Woods' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Mattioli Woods is more favorable than Carr's Group.
Mattioli Woods has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carr's Group has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Carr's Group had 2 more articles in the media than Mattioli Woods. MarketBeat recorded 2 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.
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 5.4%. 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.
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 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.
Summary
Mattioli Woods beats Carr's Group on 8 of the 15 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 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
