Cranswick (CWK) Competitors

Cranswick (LON:CWK) and Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (LON:FSV) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Is CWK or FSV more profitable?

Cranswick has a net margin of 4.35% compared to Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' net margin of -26.15%. Cranswick's return on equity of 12.89% beat Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cranswick	4.35%	12.89%	8.26%
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	-26.15%	-0.32%	0.33%

Do analysts recommend CWK or FSV?

Cranswick currently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,420.67, suggesting a potential downside of 33.06%. Given Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is more favorable than Cranswick.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cranswick	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is CWK or FSV a better dividend stock?

Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share. Cranswick pays out 4,306.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values pays out -100,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CWK or FSV?

Cranswick has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cranswick, 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
Cranswick	£2.60B	1.06	£113.10M	£2.09	2,444.98
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	£11.88M	0.00	-£3.11M	-£0.01	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CWK or FSV?

Cranswick received 297 more outperform votes than Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.81% of users gave Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values an outperform vote while only 63.77% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cranswick	Outperform Votes 403 63.77%	Underperform Votes 229 36.23%
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	Outperform Votes 106 76.81%	Underperform Votes 32 23.19%

Does the media favor CWK or FSV?

In the previous week, Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values had 3 more articles in the media than Cranswick. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values and 1 mentions for Cranswick. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Cranswick's score of 0.75 indicating that Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cranswick	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CWK or FSV?

84.6% of Cranswick shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Cranswick shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, CWK or FSV?

Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cranswick beats Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.