Comptoir Group (COM) Competitors

Tortilla Mexican Grill (LON:MEX) and Comptoir Group (LON:COM) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MEX or COM?

Comptoir Group received 66 more outperform votes than Tortilla Mexican Grill when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.83% of users gave Comptoir Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Tortilla Mexican Grill an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tortilla Mexican Grill	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 7 100.00%
Comptoir Group	Outperform Votes 66 47.83%	Underperform Votes 72 52.17%

Does the media refer more to MEX or COM?

In the previous week, Tortilla Mexican Grill had 1 more articles in the media than Comptoir Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tortilla Mexican Grill and 1 mentions for Comptoir Group. Tortilla Mexican Grill's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Comptoir Group's score of -0.67 indicating that Tortilla Mexican Grill is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tortilla Mexican Grill	Neutral
Comptoir Group	Negative

Is MEX or COM more profitable?

Tortilla Mexican Grill has a net margin of -1.10% compared to Comptoir Group's net margin of -7.85%. Tortilla Mexican Grill's return on equity of -27.06% beat Comptoir Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tortilla Mexican Grill	-1.10%	-27.06%	1.87%
Comptoir Group	-7.85%	-110.71%	-3.24%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in MEX or COM?

50.0% of Tortilla Mexican Grill shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of Comptoir Group shares are held by institutional investors. 45.6% of Tortilla Mexican Grill shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 80.3% of Comptoir Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, MEX or COM?

Tortilla Mexican Grill has higher revenue and earnings than Comptoir Group. Tortilla Mexican Grill is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comptoir Group, 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
Tortilla Mexican Grill	£64.46M	0.23	-£708.94K	-£1.83	-20.72
Comptoir Group	£32.59M	0.13	-£2.56M	-£2.08	-1.63

Which has more volatility and risk, MEX or COM?

Tortilla Mexican Grill has a beta of -0.09, indicating that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comptoir Group has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tortilla Mexican Grill beats Comptoir Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.