Crystal Amber (CRS) Competitors

Crystal Amber (LON:CRS) and AA (LON:AA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Does the media refer more to CRS or AA?

In the previous week, AA had 11 more articles in the media than Crystal Amber. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for AA and 0 mentions for Crystal Amber. AA's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Crystal Amber's score of 0.00 indicating that AA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Crystal Amber	Neutral
AA	Neutral

Is CRS or AA more profitable?

Crystal Amber has a net margin of 114.19% compared to AA's net margin of 0.00%. Crystal Amber's return on equity of 12.30% beat AA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crystal Amber	114.19%	12.30%	5.45%
AA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CRS or AA?

80.3% of Crystal Amber shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Crystal Amber shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CRS or AA?

Crystal Amber has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AA. AA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crystal Amber, 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
Crystal Amber	£12.26M	7.33	£14M	£0.17	635.29
AA	£982M	0.00	N/A	£11.70	N/A

Is CRS or AA a better dividend stock?

Crystal Amber pays an annual dividend of GBX 50 per share and has a dividend yield of 46.3%. AA pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share. Crystal Amber pays out 29,411.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AA pays out 0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts recommend CRS or AA?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crystal Amber	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
AA	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRS or AA?

AA received 319 more outperform votes than Crystal Amber when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.85% of users gave AA an outperform vote while only 56.58% of users gave Crystal Amber an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crystal Amber	Outperform Votes 43 56.58%	Underperform Votes 33 43.42%
AA	Outperform Votes 362 77.85%	Underperform Votes 103 22.15%

Summary

Crystal Amber and AA tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.