Castelnau Group (CGL) Competitors

TR Property Investment Trust (LON:TRY) and Castelnau Group (LON:CGL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TRY or CGL?

TR Property Investment Trust received 25 more outperform votes than Castelnau Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.18% of users gave TR Property Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 42.04% of users gave Castelnau Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TR Property Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 120 68.18%	Underperform Votes 56 31.82%
Castelnau Group	Outperform Votes 95 42.04%	Underperform Votes 131 57.96%

Does the media refer more to TRY or CGL?

In the previous week, TR Property Investment Trust and TR Property Investment Trust both had 1 articles in the media. TR Property Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Castelnau Group's score of -1.19 indicating that TR Property Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TR Property Investment Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Castelnau Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Which has more risk and volatility, TRY or CGL?

TR Property Investment Trust has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Castelnau Group has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TRY or CGL more profitable?

Castelnau Group has a net margin of 4,860.58% compared to TR Property Investment Trust's net margin of 91.50%. Castelnau Group's return on equity of 34.01% beat TR Property Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TR Property Investment Trust	91.50%	24.54%	-24.58%
Castelnau Group	4,860.58%	34.01%	-0.50%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, TRY or CGL?

TR Property Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Castelnau Group. Castelnau Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TR Property Investment Trust, 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
TR Property Investment Trust	£311.14M	3.28	£284.71M	£89.42	3.59
Castelnau Group	£1.95M	134.52	£95.01M	£29.27	2.77

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TRY or CGL?

45.6% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of Castelnau Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Castelnau Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

TR Property Investment Trust beats Castelnau Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.