Monro (MNRO) Competitors

Monro (NASDAQ:MNRO) and America's Car-Mart (NASDAQ:CRMT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is MNRO or CRMT more profitable?

Monro has a net margin of 1.64% compared to America's Car-Mart's net margin of -0.29%. Monro's return on equity of 3.76% beat America's Car-Mart's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Monro	1.64%	3.76%	1.45%
America's Car-Mart	-0.29%	-2.26%	-0.73%

Does the media prefer MNRO or CRMT?

In the previous week, Monro had 11 more articles in the media than America's Car-Mart. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Monro and 10 mentions for America's Car-Mart. America's Car-Mart's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Monro's score of -0.01 indicating that America's Car-Mart is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Monro	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
America's Car-Mart	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend MNRO or CRMT?

Monro presently has a consensus price target of $17.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.11%. America's Car-Mart has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.38%. Given Monro's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Monro is more favorable than America's Car-Mart.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Monro	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
America's Car-Mart	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Which has more volatility & risk, MNRO or CRMT?

Monro has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, America's Car-Mart has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MNRO or CRMT?

Monro received 57 more outperform votes than America's Car-Mart when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.45% of users gave Monro an outperform vote while only 49.62% of users gave America's Car-Mart an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Monro	Outperform Votes 320 57.45%	Underperform Votes 237 42.55%
America's Car-Mart	Outperform Votes 263 49.62%	Underperform Votes 267 50.38%

Which has better valuation & earnings, MNRO or CRMT?

Monro has higher earnings, but lower revenue than America's Car-Mart. Monro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than America's Car-Mart, 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
Monro	$1.20B	0.42	$37.57M	-$0.20	-83.25
America's Car-Mart	$1.39B	0.33	-$31.39M	$0.89	62.69

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MNRO or CRMT?

89.1% of America's Car-Mart shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Monro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.6% of America's Car-Mart shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Monro beats America's Car-Mart on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.