DCI Advisors (DCI) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, DCI or CARR?

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

Is DCI or CARR 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
DCI Advisors	N/A	-4.92%	-1.63%
Carr's Group	-0.93%	-1.34%	-0.24%

Which has better valuation and earnings, DCI or CARR?

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
DCI Advisors	£1.71M	26.45	-£7.24M	-£0.01	-500.00
Carr's Group	£149.76M	0.94	-£1.40M	-£1.39	-103.51

Does the media refer more to DCI or CARR?

In the previous week, Carr's Group had 3 more articles in the media than DCI Advisors. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Carr's Group and 2 mentions for DCI Advisors. Carr's Group's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat DCI Advisors' score of -0.54 indicating that Carr's Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DCI Advisors	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Carr's Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend DCI or CARR?

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DCI or CARR?

35.3% of DCI Advisors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of Carr's Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.5% of DCI Advisors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.6% of Carr's Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Carr's Group beats DCI Advisors on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.