Big Rock Brewery (BR) Competitors

Century Global Commodities (TSE:CNT) and Big Rock Brewery (TSE:BR) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Does the media refer more to CNT or BR?

In the previous week, Big Rock Brewery had 1 more articles in the media than Century Global Commodities. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Big Rock Brewery and 1 mentions for Century Global Commodities. Big Rock Brewery's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Century Global Commodities' score of 0.00 indicating that Century Global Commodities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Century Global Commodities	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Big Rock Brewery	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CNT or BR more profitable?

Big Rock Brewery has a net margin of -11.07% compared to Big Rock Brewery's net margin of -14.51%. Big Rock Brewery's return on equity of -9.37% beat Century Global Commodities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Global Commodities	-14.51%	-9.37%	-5.33%
Big Rock Brewery	-11.07%	-18.76%	-4.47%

Which has better earnings and valuation, CNT or BR?

Century Global Commodities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Big Rock Brewery. Big Rock Brewery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Century Global Commodities, 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
Century Global Commodities	C$12.61M	0.28	-C$1.83M	-C$0.02	-1.50
Big Rock Brewery	C$45.25M	0.19	-C$5.01M	-C$0.71	-1.76

Which has more volatility & risk, CNT or BR?

Century Global Commodities has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Big Rock Brewery has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CNT or BR?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Global Commodities	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Big Rock Brewery	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CNT or BR?

Big Rock Brewery received 52 more outperform votes than Century Global Commodities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.85% of users gave Big Rock Brewery an outperform vote while only 58.49% of users gave Century Global Commodities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Global Commodities	Outperform Votes 31 58.49%	Underperform Votes 22 41.51%
Big Rock Brewery	Outperform Votes 83 63.85%	Underperform Votes 47 36.15%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CNT or BR?

41.0% of Big Rock Brewery shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.4% of Century Global Commodities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of Big Rock Brewery shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Century Global Commodities beats Big Rock Brewery on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.