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Craneware (CRW) Competitors

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GBX 2,270 -130.00 (-5.42%)
As of 09/12/2025 12:43 PM Eastern

CRW vs. EMIS, INS, KOO, RENX, COG, INHC, FDBK, IQAI, TRLS, and DVRG

Should you be buying Craneware stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Craneware include EMIS Group (EMIS), Instem (INS), Kooth (KOO), Renalytix (RENX), Cambridge Cognition (COG), Induction Healthcare Group (INHC), Feedback (FDBK), IQ-AI (IQAI), Trellus Health (TRLS), and DeepVerge (DVRG). These companies are all part of the "health information services" industry.

Craneware vs. Its Competitors

EMIS Group (LON:EMIS) and Craneware (LON:CRW) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.

In the previous week, Craneware had 1 more articles in the media than EMIS Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Craneware and 0 mentions for EMIS Group. Craneware's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat EMIS Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Craneware is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
EMIS Group Neutral
Craneware Positive

105.6% of EMIS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of Craneware shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of EMIS Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Craneware shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

EMIS Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Craneware. EMIS Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Craneware, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
EMIS Group£176.86M0.00£30.48M£0.47N/A
Craneware£198.10M4.06£14.27M£0.435,341.18

EMIS Group has a net margin of 17.23% compared to Craneware's net margin of 6.18%. EMIS Group's return on equity of 23.17% beat Craneware's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
EMIS Group17.23% 23.17% 7.99%
Craneware 6.18%3.58%2.28%

EMIS Group has a beta of -0.13, indicating that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Craneware has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Craneware has a consensus price target of GBX 2,725, indicating a potential upside of 20.04%. Given Craneware's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Craneware is more favorable than EMIS Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
EMIS Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Craneware
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

EMIS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share. Craneware pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. EMIS Group pays out 8,936.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Craneware pays out 86.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Craneware is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Craneware beats EMIS Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CRW vs. The Competition

MetricCranewareHealth Information Services IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£803.81M£347.10M£5.86B£2.58B
Dividend Yield1.38%5.89%5.68%5.30%
P/E Ratio5,341.18502.6374.865,410.94
Price / Sales4.06218.07517.3796,691.90
Price / Cash14.7247.1437.5627.93
Price / Book2.435.0312.157.77
Net Income£14.27M-£15.55M£3.29B£5.89B
7 Day Performance6.57%-1.45%0.73%6.51%
1 Month Performance2.71%-1.34%4.82%55.94%
1 Year Performance1.79%7.73%60.57%147.85%

Craneware Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRW
Craneware
1.6989 of 5 stars
GBX 2,270
-5.4%
GBX 2,725
+20.0%
+2.3%£803.81M£198.10M5,341.18734News Coverage
EMIS
EMIS Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.23B£176.86M4,085.111,560
INS
Instem
N/AN/AN/AN/A£199.62M£61.63M5,928.57500
KOO
Kooth
1.9041 of 5 stars
GBX 155
+1.6%
GBX 456.67
+194.6%
-51.7%£55.47M£66.74M738.10478News Coverage
High Trading Volume
RENX
Renalytix
N/AGBX 5.81
-0.7%
N/A-39.5%£19.24M£2.37M-36.30102
COG
Cambridge Cognition
N/AGBX 35
+7.7%
N/A-10.3%£14.65M£10.34M-760.8780Gap Up
High Trading Volume
INHC
Induction Healthcare Group
N/AGBX 9.75
flat
N/A+30.0%£9.00M£12.57M-1.7674
FDBK
Feedback
N/AGBX 13.27
+0.2%
N/A-72.0%£5.81M£1.19M-54.3024News Coverage
IQAI
IQ-AI
N/AGBX 0.80
flat
N/A-38.5%£1.77M£538.19K-13.676Gap Up
TRLS
Trellus Health
N/AGBX 0.83
+3.1%
N/A-50.1%£1.33M£114K-16.5031
DVRG
DeepVerge
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.14M£12.41M-15.0073

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This page (LON:CRW) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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