Coats Group (COA) Competitors

Coats Group (LON:COA) and AIREA (LON:AIEA) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation and dividends.

Which has more volatility & risk, COA or AIEA?

Coats Group has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AIREA has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in COA or AIEA?

61.6% of Coats Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of AIREA shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Coats Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of AIREA shares are held 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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, COA or AIEA?

Coats Group has higher revenue and earnings than AIREA. AIREA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coats 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
Coats Group	£1.50B	0.97	£75.12M	£0.05	1,569.07
AIREA	£21.23M	0.40	£1.17M	-£0.01	-3,030.27

Does the media refer more to COA or AIEA?

In the previous week, Coats Group had 3 more articles in the media than AIREA. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Coats Group and 0 mentions for AIREA. Coats Group's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat AIREA's score of 0.00 indicating that Coats Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Coats Group	Positive
AIREA	Neutral

Is COA or AIEA a better dividend stock?

Coats Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. AIREA pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Coats Group pays out 64.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AIREA pays out -75.3% 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.

Do analysts prefer COA or AIEA?

Coats Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 120, suggesting a potential upside of 57.69%. Given Coats Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Coats Group is more favorable than AIREA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coats Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
AIREA	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is COA or AIEA more profitable?

Coats Group has a net margin of 8.17% compared to AIREA's net margin of 0.31%. Coats Group's return on equity of 10.67% beat AIREA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coats Group	8.17%	10.67%	8.48%
AIREA	0.31%	0.39%	1.99%

Summary

Coats Group beats AIREA on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.