Crest Nicholson (CRST) Competitors

Crest Nicholson (LON:CRST) and Cairn Homes (LON:CRN) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CRST or CRN?

72.4% of Crest Nicholson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.4% of Cairn Homes shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Crest Nicholson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Cairn Homes shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CRST or CRN more profitable?

Cairn Homes has a net margin of 13.72% compared to Crest Nicholson's net margin of -4.21%. Cairn Homes' return on equity of 14.73% beat Crest Nicholson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crest Nicholson	-4.21%	-3.47%	0.16%
Cairn Homes	13.72%	14.73%	7.83%

Which has more volatility & risk, CRST or CRN?

Crest Nicholson has a beta of 2, meaning that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cairn Homes has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CRST or CRN a better dividend stock?

Crest Nicholson pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Cairn Homes pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Crest Nicholson pays out -7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cairn Homes pays out 52.2% 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 recommend CRST or CRN?

Crest Nicholson currently has a consensus target price of GBX 192.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.58%. Cairn Homes has a consensus target price of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 20.63%. Given Cairn Homes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cairn Homes is more favorable than Crest Nicholson.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crest Nicholson	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cairn Homes	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CRST or CRN?

Cairn Homes has higher revenue and earnings than Crest Nicholson. Crest Nicholson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cairn Homes, 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
Crest Nicholson	£610.20M	0.71	-£26.61M	-£0.29	-585.37
Cairn Homes	£778.20M	1.32	£127.43M	£0.16	1,056.05

Does the media prefer CRST or CRN?

In the previous week, Crest Nicholson had 1 more articles in the media than Cairn Homes. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Crest Nicholson and 0 mentions for Cairn Homes. Cairn Homes' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Crest Nicholson's score of 0.00 indicating that Cairn Homes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Crest Nicholson	Neutral
Cairn Homes	Positive

Summary

Cairn Homes beats Crest Nicholson on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.