SCE vs. CTA, CAR, TRT, AUTG, STG, SED, GKN, TIFS, ABDP, and ULTP
Should you be buying Surface Transforms stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Surface Transforms include CT Automotive Group (CTA), Carclo (CAR), Transense Technologies (TRT), Autins Group (AUTG), Strip Tinning (STG), Saietta Group (SED), 8072713 (GKN.L) (GKN), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), AB Dynamics (ABDP), and Ultimate Products (ULTP). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Surface Transforms vs. Its Competitors
CT Automotive Group (LON:CTA) and Surface Transforms (LON:SCE) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
CT Automotive Group has a net margin of 6.94% compared to Surface Transforms' net margin of -250.75%. CT Automotive Group's return on equity of 55.86% beat Surface Transforms' return on equity.
CT Automotive Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Surface Transforms. Surface Transforms 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.
59.9% of CT Automotive Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of Surface Transforms shares are held by institutional investors. 35.7% of CT Automotive Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.6% of Surface Transforms shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Surface Transforms had 9 more articles in the media than CT Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Surface Transforms and 0 mentions for CT Automotive Group. Surface Transforms' average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat CT Automotive Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Surface Transforms is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Surface Transforms received 146 more outperform votes than CT Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
CT Automotive Group has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Surface Transforms has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CT Automotive Group beats Surface Transforms on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:SCE) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff