Bens Creek Group (BEN) Competitors

Biome Technologies (LON:BIOM) and Bens Creek Group (LON:BEN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BIOM or BEN?

Biome Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bens Creek Group. Biome Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bens Creek Group, 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
Biome Technologies	£7.33M	0.49	-£1.10M	-£0.29	-327.59
Bens Creek Group	£48.31M	0.03	-£26.38M	-£0.05	-7.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BIOM or BEN?

Biome Technologies received 111 more outperform votes than Bens Creek Group when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Biome Technologies	Outperform Votes 111 69.81%	Underperform Votes 48 30.19%
Bens Creek Group	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BIOM or BEN?

0.1% of Biome Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.1% of Bens Creek Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.7% of Biome Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.2% of Bens Creek Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate BIOM or BEN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Biome Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Bens Creek Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, BIOM or BEN?

Biome Technologies has a beta of 2.43, meaning that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bens Creek Group has a beta of -0.68, meaning that its share price is 168% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BIOM or BEN?

In the previous week, Biome Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Bens Creek Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Biome Technologies and 9 mentions for Bens Creek Group. Biome Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Bens Creek Group's score of -0.08 indicating that Bens Creek Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Biome Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bens Creek Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is BIOM or BEN more profitable?

Biome Technologies has a net margin of -14.98% compared to Biome Technologies' net margin of -54.61%. Bens Creek Group's return on equity of -62.32% beat Biome Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Biome Technologies	-14.98%	-62.32%	-12.86%
Bens Creek Group	-54.61%	-88.29%	-18.62%

Summary

Biome Technologies beats Bens Creek Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.