CRPR vs. EDEN, GSP, FAR, ARCM, WBI, CTL, EML, KP2, CGH, and ITX
Should you be buying James Cropper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James Cropper include Eden Research (EDEN), Gensource Potash (GSP), Ferro-Alloy Resources (FAR), Arc Minerals (ARCM), Woodbois (WBI), CleanTech Lithium (CTL), Emmerson (EML), Kore Potash (KP2), Chaarat Gold (CGH), and Itaconix (ITX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
James Cropper (LON:CRPR) and Eden Research (LON:EDEN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
James Cropper received 36 more outperform votes than Eden Research when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.61% of users gave Eden Research an outperform vote while only 61.38% of users gave James Cropper an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Eden Research had 5 more articles in the media than James Cropper. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Eden Research and 0 mentions for James Cropper. Eden Research's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat James Cropper's score of 0.00 indicating that Eden Research is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
James Cropper has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eden Research has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
James Cropper has higher revenue and earnings than Eden Research. Eden Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than James Cropper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
15.6% of James Cropper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.2% of Eden Research shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.5% of James Cropper shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Eden Research shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
James Cropper has a net margin of 2.59% compared to Eden Research's net margin of 0.00%. James Cropper's return on equity of 9.56% beat Eden Research's return on equity.
Summary
James Cropper beats Eden Research on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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