Cerillion (CER) Competitors

Cerillion (LON:CER) and Blackbird (LON:BIRD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CER or BIRD?

Cerillion has higher revenue and earnings than Blackbird. Blackbird is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cerillion, 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
Cerillion	£41.19M	12.94	£14.07M	£0.47	3,840.43
Blackbird	£1.94M	14.32	-£2.49M	-£0.01	-717.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CER or BIRD?

Cerillion received 157 more outperform votes than Blackbird when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Blackbird an outperform vote while only 65.98% of users gave Cerillion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cerillion	Outperform Votes 161 65.98%	Underperform Votes 83 34.02%
Blackbird	Outperform Votes 4 80.00%	Underperform Votes 1 20.00%

Do analysts recommend CER or BIRD?

Cerillion currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,682.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.79%. Given Cerillion's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cerillion is more favorable than Blackbird.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cerillion	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Blackbird	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, CER or BIRD?

Cerillion has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackbird has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CER or BIRD?

43.3% of Cerillion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of Blackbird shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.8% of Cerillion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.8% of Blackbird shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CER or BIRD more profitable?

Cerillion has a net margin of 34.15% compared to Blackbird's net margin of -128.69%. Cerillion's return on equity of 37.90% beat Blackbird's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cerillion	34.15%	37.90%	19.33%
Blackbird	-128.69%	-24.94%	-16.31%

Does the media favor CER or BIRD?

In the previous week, Blackbird had 12 more articles in the media than Cerillion. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Blackbird and 2 mentions for Cerillion. Cerillion's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Blackbird's score of 0.39 indicating that Cerillion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cerillion	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blackbird	2 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Cerillion beats Blackbird on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.