Aukett Swanke Group (AUK) Competitors

Ceps (LON:CEPS) and Aukett Swanke Group (LON:AUK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CEPS or AUK?

Aukett Swanke Group received 7 more outperform votes than Ceps when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.50% of users gave Ceps an outperform vote while only 48.41% of users gave Aukett Swanke Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ceps	Outperform Votes 54 67.50%	Underperform Votes 26 32.50%
Aukett Swanke Group	Outperform Votes 61 48.41%	Underperform Votes 65 51.59%

Do analysts prefer CEPS or AUK?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ceps	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Aukett Swanke Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is CEPS or AUK more profitable?

Ceps has a net margin of 2.25% compared to Ceps' net margin of 0.65%. Aukett Swanke Group's return on equity of 30.79% beat Ceps' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ceps	2.25%	30.79%	7.27%
Aukett Swanke Group	0.65%	4.35%	-0.36%

Which has more volatility and risk, CEPS or AUK?

Ceps has a beta of -0.17, meaning that its stock price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aukett Swanke Group has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CEPS or AUK?

In the previous week, Aukett Swanke Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ceps'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ceps	Neutral
Aukett Swanke Group	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CEPS or AUK?

16.2% of Aukett Swanke Group shares are held by institutional investors. 62.0% of Ceps shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.6% of Aukett Swanke Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CEPS or AUK?

Ceps has higher revenue and earnings than Aukett Swanke Group.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ceps	£28.52M	0.15	N/A	£0.03	666.67
Aukett Swanke Group	£14.10M	0.38	-£2.14M	N/A	N/A

Summary

Ceps beats Aukett Swanke Group on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.