Carter Bankshares (CARE) Competitors

Grupo Supervielle (NYSE:SUPV) and Carter Bankshares (NASDAQ:CARE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do analysts recommend SUPV or CARE?

Grupo Supervielle presently has a consensus price target of $13.67, suggesting a potential downside of 5.94%. Carter Bankshares has a consensus price target of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.61%. Given Carter Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Carter Bankshares is more favorable than Grupo Supervielle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grupo Supervielle	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Carter Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is SUPV or CARE more profitable?

Carter Bankshares has a net margin of 10.09% compared to Grupo Supervielle's net margin of 5.80%. Grupo Supervielle's return on equity of 15.92% beat Carter Bankshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grupo Supervielle	5.80%	15.92%	2.93%
Carter Bankshares	10.09%	6.50%	0.53%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SUPV or CARE?

Grupo Supervielle received 349 more outperform votes than Carter Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.44% of users gave Grupo Supervielle an outperform vote while only 51.61% of users gave Carter Bankshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Grupo Supervielle	Outperform Votes 381 58.44%	Underperform Votes 271 41.56%
Carter Bankshares	Outperform Votes 32 51.61%	Underperform Votes 30 48.39%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SUPV or CARE?

41.5% of Carter Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Carter Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, SUPV or CARE?

Grupo Supervielle has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carter Bankshares has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SUPV or CARE?

Grupo Supervielle has higher revenue and earnings than Carter Bankshares. Carter Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grupo Supervielle, 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
Grupo Supervielle	$1.15T	0.00	$196.14M	$0.78	18.63
Carter Bankshares	$135.74M	2.62	$24.52M	$1.20	12.83

Does the media refer more to SUPV or CARE?

In the previous week, Grupo Supervielle had 1 more articles in the media than Carter Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Grupo Supervielle and 5 mentions for Carter Bankshares. Grupo Supervielle's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Carter Bankshares' score of 0.86 indicating that Grupo Supervielle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Grupo Supervielle	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carter Bankshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Grupo Supervielle beats Carter Bankshares on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.