Crystal Amber (CRS) Competitors

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

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 31.9%. AA pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share. Crystal Amber pays out 367.9% 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	£10.58M	10.41	£9.56M	£13.59	11.52
AA	£982M	0.00	N/A	£11.70	N/A

Does the media favor CRS or AA?

In the previous week, AA had 8 more articles in the media than Crystal Amber. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for AA and 1 mentions for Crystal Amber. Crystal Amber's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat AA's score of -0.02 indicating that Crystal Amber is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crystal Amber	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AA	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CRS or AA more profitable?

Crystal Amber has a net margin of 90.42% compared to AA's net margin of 0.00%. Crystal Amber's return on equity of 11.18% beat AA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crystal Amber	90.42%	11.18%	5.45%
AA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CRS or AA?

80.3% of Crystal Amber shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Crystal Amber 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.

Summary

Crystal Amber beats AA on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.