Coats Group (COA) Competitors

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

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%

Which has more risk and volatility, COA or AIEA?

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

Does the media refer more to COA or AIEA?

In the previous week, Coats Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled AIREA'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Coats Group	Neutral
AIREA	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	1.05	£75.12M	£0.05	1,692.78
AIREA	£21.23M	0.41	£1.17M	-£0.01	-3,089.04

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership 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 insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of AIREA shares are held by 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 recommend COA or AIEA?

Coats Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 120, suggesting a potential upside of 46.16%. Given Coats Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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 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.

Summary

Coats Group beats AIREA on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.