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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.

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%

Which has more volatility & risk, CTG or APP?

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

Is CTG or APP a better dividend stock?

Christie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 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 12.9% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Appreciate Group shares are owned 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.

Which has preferable 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	£60.39M	0.48	-£3.31M	£0.08	1,470.89
Appreciate Group	£120.97M	0.00	£5.78M	£0.03	N/A

Does the media refer more to CTG or APP?

In the previous week, 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

Summary

Appreciate Group beats Christie Group on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.