Coral Products (CRU) Competitors

Robinson (LON:RBN) and Coral Products (LON:CRU) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RBN or CRU?

Robinson received 48 more outperform votes than Coral Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.33% of users gave Robinson an outperform vote while only 70.54% of users gave Coral Products an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Robinson	Outperform Votes 139 74.33%	Underperform Votes 48 25.67%
Coral Products	Outperform Votes 91 70.54%	Underperform Votes 38 29.46%

Does the media favor RBN or CRU?

In the previous week, Robinson had 33 more articles in the media than Coral Products. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Robinson and 0 mentions for Coral Products. Robinson's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Coral Products' score of 0.00 indicating that Robinson is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Robinson	Neutral
Coral Products	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, RBN or CRU?

Robinson has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coral Products has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RBN or CRU?

3.5% of Robinson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.6% of Coral Products shares are held by institutional investors. 70.5% of Robinson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.9% of Coral Products shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RBN or CRU a better dividend stock?

Robinson pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Coral Products pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Robinson pays out 185.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Coral Products pays out -98.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coral Products is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is RBN or CRU more profitable?

Robinson has a net margin of 1.03% compared to Coral Products' net margin of -2.95%. Robinson's return on equity of 2.13% beat Coral Products' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Robinson	1.03%	2.13%	2.58%
Coral Products	-2.95%	-6.84%	0.70%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, RBN or CRU?

Robinson has higher revenue and earnings than Coral Products. Coral Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robinson, 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
Robinson	£52.46M	0.43	£541.00K	£3.23	41.65
Coral Products	£30.81M	0.22	-£908.66K	-£1.02	-7.33

Summary

Robinson beats Coral Products on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.