CTA vs. CAR, TRT, SCE, AUTG, STG, SED, GKN, TIFS, ABDP, and CAMB
Should you be buying CT Automotive Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CT Automotive Group include Carclo (CAR), Transense Technologies (TRT), Surface Transforms (SCE), Autins Group (AUTG), Strip Tinning (STG), Saietta Group (SED), 8072713 (GKN.L) (GKN), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), AB Dynamics (ABDP), and Cambria Automobiles (CAMB). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
CT Automotive Group vs.
CT Automotive Group (LON:CTA) and Carclo (LON:CAR) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
CT Automotive Group has a net margin of 6.94% compared to Carclo's net margin of -2.49%. CT Automotive Group's return on equity of 55.86% beat Carclo's return on equity.
59.9% of CT Automotive Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.0% of Carclo shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.7% of CT Automotive Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.0% of Carclo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CT Automotive Group has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carclo has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Carclo had 14 more articles in the media than CT Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Carclo and 0 mentions for CT Automotive Group. Carclo's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat CT Automotive Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Carclo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Carclo received 299 more outperform votes than CT Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
CT Automotive Group has higher revenue and earnings than Carclo. Carclo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT Automotive Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CT Automotive Group beats Carclo on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CTA) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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