Craneware (CRW) Competitors

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

Is CRW or EMIS more profitable?

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
Craneware	6.18%	3.58%	2.28%
EMIS Group	17.23%	23.17%	7.99%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRW or EMIS?

EMIS Group received 9 more outperform votes than Craneware when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.38% of users gave EMIS Group an outperform vote while only 72.02% of users gave Craneware an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Craneware	Outperform Votes 242 72.02%	Underperform Votes 94 27.98%
EMIS Group	Outperform Votes 251 75.38%	Underperform Votes 82 24.62%

Which has better earnings & valuation, CRW or EMIS?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Craneware	£230.77M	3.69	£14.27M	£27.07	73.15
EMIS Group	£176.86M	0.00	£30.48M	£0.47	N/A

Do analysts prefer CRW or EMIS?

Craneware currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,800, indicating a potential upside of 41.41%. Given Craneware's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Craneware is more favorable than EMIS Group.

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

Does the media favor CRW or EMIS?

In the previous week, Craneware had 2 more articles in the media than EMIS Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Craneware and 0 mentions for EMIS Group. EMIS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Craneware's score of -0.11 indicating that EMIS Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Craneware	Neutral
EMIS Group	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, CRW or EMIS?

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

Is CRW or EMIS a better dividend stock?

Craneware pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CRW or EMIS?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of EMIS Group shares are owned by 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.

Summary

Craneware beats EMIS Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.