CARR vs. KYGA, GLB, ANP, CAM, ACRL, CDGP, REVB, CBOX, MCB, and WINE
Should you be buying Carr's Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carr's Group include Kerry Group (KYGA), Glanbia (GLB), Anpario (ANP), Camellia (CAM), Accrol Group (ACRL), Chapel Down Group (CDGP), Revolution Beauty Group (REVB), Cake Box (CBOX), McBride (MCB), and Naked Wines (WINE). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Kerry Group (LON:KYGA) and Carr's Group (LON:CARR) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Kerry Group has a net margin of 9.08% compared to Kerry Group's net margin of -1.12%. Carr's Group's return on equity of 11.42% beat Kerry Group's return on equity.
Kerry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Carr's Group. Carr's Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kerry Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kerry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 115 per share and has a dividend yield of 144.7%. Carr's Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Kerry Group pays out 2,811.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carr's Group pays out -80,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Carr's Group had 18 more articles in the media than Kerry Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Carr's Group and 2 mentions for Kerry Group. Carr's Group's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Kerry Group's score of 0.09 indicating that Kerry Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kerry Group has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carr's Group has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
39.5% of Kerry Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.6% of Carr's Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of Kerry Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.6% of Carr's Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Carr's Group received 2 more outperform votes than Kerry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.60% of users gave Kerry Group an outperform vote while only 61.99% of users gave Carr's Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Kerry Group beats Carr's Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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