Surface Transforms (SCE) Competitors

Surface Transforms (LON:SCE) and CT Automotive Group (LON:CTA) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, SCE or CTA?

Surface Transforms has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CT Automotive Group has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SCE or CTA?

31.9% of Surface Transforms shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of CT Automotive Group shares are held by institutional investors. 19.6% of Surface Transforms shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.5% of CT Automotive Group 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.

Is SCE or CTA more profitable?

CT Automotive Group has a net margin of 4.41% compared to Surface Transforms' net margin of -267.49%. CT Automotive Group's return on equity of 67.06% beat Surface Transforms' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Surface Transforms	-267.49%	-69.18%	-18.99%
CT Automotive Group	4.41%	67.06%	6.48%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SCE or CTA?

Surface Transforms received 146 more outperform votes than CT Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Surface Transforms	Outperform Votes 146 63.20%	Underperform Votes 85 36.80%
CT Automotive Group	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate SCE or CTA?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Surface Transforms	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
CT Automotive Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SCE or CTA?

CT Automotive Group has higher revenue and earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Surface Transforms	£7.31M	2.59	-£19.56M	-£0.07	-20.77
CT Automotive Group	£142.97M	0.29	£6.55M	£0.07	803.64

Does the media favor SCE or CTA?

In the previous week, Surface Transforms had 4 more articles in the media than CT Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Surface Transforms and 0 mentions for CT Automotive Group. Surface Transforms' average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat CT Automotive Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Surface Transforms is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Surface Transforms	Neutral
CT Automotive Group	Neutral

Summary

CT Automotive Group beats Surface Transforms on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.