RE vs. CAM, GUS, WINE, ART, SIS, VINO, GLB, ANP, OHT, and ZAM
Should you be buying R.E.A. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of R.E.A. include Camellia (CAM), Gusbourne (GUS), Naked Wines (WINE), Artisanal Spirits (ART), Science in Sport (SIS), Virgin Wines UK (VINO), Glanbia (GLB), Anpario (ANP), Ocean Harvest Technology Group (OHT), and Zambeef Products (ZAM). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Camellia (LON:CAM) and R.E.A. (LON:RE) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Camellia received 47 more outperform votes than R.E.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.02% of users gave Camellia an outperform vote while only 64.81% of users gave R.E.A. an outperform vote.
9.0% of Camellia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of R.E.A. shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.0% of Camellia shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.1% of R.E.A. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Camellia has higher revenue and earnings than R.E.A.. Camellia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than R.E.A., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Camellia has a net margin of -1.36% compared to Camellia's net margin of -5.80%. R.E.A.'s return on equity of -0.36% beat Camellia's return on equity.
Camellia has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, R.E.A. has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, R.E.A. had 4 more articles in the media than Camellia. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for R.E.A. and 1 mentions for Camellia. Camellia's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat R.E.A.'s score of 0.17 indicating that R.E.A. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Camellia pays an annual dividend of GBX 146 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. R.E.A. pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Camellia pays out -10,895.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. R.E.A. pays out -3,076.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
R.E.A. beats Camellia on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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