Chesnara (CSN) Competitors

Chesnara (LON:CSN) and 4imprint Group (LON:FOUR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, CSN or FOUR?

Chesnara has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 4imprint Group has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CSN or FOUR?

4imprint Group received 107 more outperform votes than Chesnara when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.71% of users gave 4imprint Group an outperform vote while only 69.77% of users gave Chesnara an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chesnara	Outperform Votes 210 69.77%	Underperform Votes 91 30.23%
4imprint Group	Outperform Votes 317 72.71%	Underperform Votes 119 27.29%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CSN or FOUR?

68.3% of Chesnara shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of 4imprint Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Chesnara shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of 4imprint Group shares are held by 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.

Is CSN or FOUR more profitable?

4imprint Group has a net margin of 8.20% compared to Chesnara's net margin of 1.22%. 4imprint Group's return on equity of 92.73% beat Chesnara's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chesnara	1.22%	1.44%	0.04%
4imprint Group	8.20%	92.73%	35.62%

Is CSN or FOUR a better dividend stock?

Chesnara pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. 4imprint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 180 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Chesnara pays out 80,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 4imprint Group pays out 7,826.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate CSN or FOUR?

4imprint Group has a consensus target price of GBX 7,365, suggesting a potential upside of 48.49%. Given 4imprint Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe 4imprint Group is more favorable than Chesnara.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chesnara	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
4imprint Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor CSN or FOUR?

In the previous week, Chesnara had 7 more articles in the media than 4imprint Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Chesnara and 2 mentions for 4imprint Group. 4imprint Group's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Chesnara's score of 0.69 indicating that 4imprint Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chesnara	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
4imprint Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CSN or FOUR?

4imprint Group has higher revenue and earnings than Chesnara. 4imprint Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chesnara, 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
Chesnara	£410.30M	0.96	£5M	£0.03	8,666.67
4imprint Group	£1.36B	1.03	£111.40M	£2.30	2,156.52

Summary

4imprint Group beats Chesnara on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.