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
Craneware (LON:CRW) and EMIS Group (LON:EMIS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
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.
60.2% of Craneware shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 105.6% of EMIS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Craneware shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of EMIS Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Craneware pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. EMIS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share. Craneware pays out 107.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Craneware has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EMIS Group has a beta of -0.13, indicating that its stock price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Craneware's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled EMIS Group'saverage media sentiment score.
EMIS Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Craneware presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,800, suggesting a potential upside of 25.00%. Given Craneware's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Craneware is more favorable than EMIS Group.
Summary
Craneware beats EMIS Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:CRW) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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