Christie Group (CTG) Competitors

Christie Group (LON:CTG) and Appreciate Group (LON:APP) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and risk.

Does the media prefer CTG or APP?

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
Christie Group	Neutral
Appreciate Group	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CTG or APP?

0.2% of Christie Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Appreciate Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 61.3% of Christie Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Appreciate Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CTG or APP?

Appreciate Group has higher revenue and earnings than Christie Group. Appreciate Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Christie 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
Christie Group	£67.03M	0.42	-£3.31M	£0.14	793.65
Appreciate Group	£120.97M	0.00	£5.78M	£0.03	N/A

Is CTG or APP more profitable?

Appreciate Group has a net margin of 4.77% compared to Christie Group's net margin of -4.87%. Appreciate Group's return on equity of 42.06% beat Christie Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Christie Group	-4.87%	-80.44%	0.37%
Appreciate Group	4.77%	42.06%	2.45%

Is CTG or APP a better dividend stock?

Christie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Appreciate Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share. Christie Group pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Appreciate Group pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Christie Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, CTG or APP?

Christie Group has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Appreciate Group has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Appreciate Group beats Christie Group on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.