Crown Place VCT (CRWN) Competitors

Lowland (LON:LWI) and Crown Place VCT (LON:CRWN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Is LWI or CRWN a better dividend stock?

Lowland pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Crown Place VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Lowland pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crown Place VCT pays out 262.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer LWI or CRWN?

In the previous week, Lowland's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Crown Place VCT'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Lowland	Neutral
Crown Place VCT	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LWI or CRWN?

11.7% of Lowland shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown Place VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Lowland shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Crown Place VCT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LWI or CRWN more profitable?

Lowland has a net margin of 92.30% compared to Crown Place VCT's net margin of 50.64%. Lowland's return on equity of 15.19% beat Crown Place VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lowland	92.30%	15.19%	4.63%
Crown Place VCT	50.64%	2.35%	1.52%

Which has better earnings and valuation, LWI or CRWN?

Lowland has higher revenue and earnings than Crown Place VCT. Lowland is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crown Place VCT, 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
Lowland	£58.88M	6.02	£54.35M	£21.31	6.52
Crown Place VCT	£4.57M	18.90	£2.31M	£0.76	37.33

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LWI or CRWN?

Lowland received 27 more outperform votes than Crown Place VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.91% of users gave Crown Place VCT an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Lowland an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lowland	Outperform Votes 114 65.52%	Underperform Votes 60 34.48%
Crown Place VCT	Outperform Votes 87 65.91%	Underperform Votes 45 34.09%

Which has more volatility & risk, LWI or CRWN?

Lowland has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Place VCT has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lowland beats Crown Place VCT on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.