Brand Architekts Group (BAR) Competitors

Brand Architekts Group (LON:BAR) and Creightons (LON:CRL) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, BAR or CRL?

Brand Architekts Group has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Creightons has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BAR or CRL?

Creightons has higher revenue and earnings than Brand Architekts Group. Brand Architekts Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Creightons, 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
Brand Architekts Group	£18.13M	0.42	-£5.61M	-£0.20	-137.50
Creightons	£56.45M	0.28	£1.18M	£0.02	1,142.45

Does the media favor BAR or CRL?

In the previous week, Brand Architekts Group had 1 more articles in the media than Creightons. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Brand Architekts Group and 0 mentions for Creightons. Brand Architekts Group's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Creightons' score of 0.00 indicating that Brand Architekts Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brand Architekts Group	Neutral
Creightons	Neutral

Is BAR or CRL a better dividend stock?

Brand Architekts Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.2%. Creightons pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Brand Architekts Group pays out -2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Creightons pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brand Architekts Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BAR or CRL?

47.8% of Brand Architekts Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.6% of Creightons shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.5% of Brand Architekts Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 61.8% of Creightons shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BAR or CRL?

Creightons received 89 more outperform votes than Brand Architekts Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Brand Architekts Group an outperform vote while only 63.76% of users gave Creightons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brand Architekts Group	Outperform Votes 6 66.67%	Underperform Votes 3 33.33%
Creightons	Outperform Votes 95 63.76%	Underperform Votes 54 36.24%

Is BAR or CRL more profitable?

Creightons has a net margin of 2.10% compared to Brand Architekts Group's net margin of -30.92%. Creightons' return on equity of 4.69% beat Brand Architekts Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brand Architekts Group	-30.92%	-20.14%	-2.91%
Creightons	2.10%	4.69%	2.39%

Do analysts prefer BAR or CRL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brand Architekts Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Creightons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Creightons beats Brand Architekts Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.