CTA vs. TRT, LIKE, ADF, VARE, PMP, PODP, MTC, AURR, SOS, and CFX
Should you be buying CT Automotive Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CT Automotive Group include Transense Technologies (TRT), Likewise Group (LIKE), Facilities by ADF (ADF), Various Eateries (VARE), Portmeirion Group (PMP), Pod Point Group (PODP), Mothercare (MTC), Aurrigo International (AURR), Sosandar (SOS), and Colefax Group (CFX). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
CT Automotive Group (LON:CTA) and Transense Technologies (LON:TRT) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
Transense Technologies received 102 more outperform votes than CT Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
CT Automotive Group has a beta of -0.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transense Technologies has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Transense Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CT Automotive Group. CT Automotive Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transense Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Transense Technologies has a net margin of 45.10% compared to CT Automotive Group's net margin of -11.33%. Transense Technologies' return on equity of 40.43% beat CT Automotive Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Transense Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat CT Automotive Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Transense Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
47.6% of CT Automotive Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Transense Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 45.2% of CT Automotive Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of Transense Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Transense Technologies beats CT Automotive Group on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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