DCI Advisors (DCI) Competitors

Carr's Group (LON:CARR) and DCI Advisors (LON:DCI) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.

Is CARR or DCI more profitable?

DCI Advisors has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Carr's Group's net margin of -0.93%. Carr's Group's return on equity of -1.34% beat DCI Advisors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carr's Group	-0.93%	-1.34%	-0.24%
DCI Advisors	N/A	-4.92%	-1.63%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CARR or DCI?

47.1% of Carr's Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of DCI Advisors shares are held by institutional investors. 37.6% of Carr's Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of DCI Advisors shares are held by 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 better earnings & valuation, CARR or DCI?

Carr's Group has higher revenue and earnings than DCI Advisors. DCI Advisors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carr's 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
Carr's Group	£149.76M	0.98	-£1.40M	-£1.39	-108.71
DCI Advisors	£1.71M	24.60	-£7.24M	-£0.01	-465.00

Which has more risk and volatility, CARR or DCI?

Carr's Group has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DCI Advisors has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CARR or DCI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carr's Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
DCI Advisors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor CARR or DCI?

In the previous week, DCI Advisors had 2 more articles in the media than Carr's Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for DCI Advisors and 0 mentions for Carr's Group. DCI Advisors' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Carr's Group's score of 0.00 indicating that DCI Advisors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Carr's Group	Neutral
DCI Advisors	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CARR or DCI?

Carr's Group received 62 more outperform votes than DCI Advisors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.11% of users gave DCI Advisors an outperform vote while only 61.31% of users gave Carr's Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carr's Group	Outperform Votes 168 61.31%	Underperform Votes 106 38.69%
DCI Advisors	Outperform Votes 106 72.11%	Underperform Votes 41 27.89%

Summary

Carr's Group beats DCI Advisors on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.