CRL vs. BAR, ZAM, OHT, CODE, DKL, VINO, DIS, SIS, MLVN, and ART
Should you be buying Creightons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Creightons include Brand Architekts Group (BAR), Zambeef Products (ZAM), Ocean Harvest Technology Group (OHT), Northcoders Group (CODE), Dekel Agri-Vision (DKL), Virgin Wines UK (VINO), Distil (DIS), Science in Sport (SIS), Malvern International (MLVN), and Artisanal Spirits (ART). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Brand Architekts Group (LON:BAR) and Creightons (LON:CRL) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.
51.8% of Brand Architekts Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.4% of Creightons shares are held by institutional investors. 22.5% of Brand Architekts Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 61.8% of Creightons shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Creightons has a net margin of 2.10% compared to Creightons' net margin of -30.92%. Brand Architekts Group's return on equity of 4.69% beat Creightons' return on equity.
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.
Brand Architekts Group has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more 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.
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.
In the previous week, Creightons' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Brand Architekts Group'saverage media sentiment score.
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 3.7%. 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.
Summary
Creightons beats Brand Architekts Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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