Cornish Metals (CUSN) Competitors

Capital (LON:CAPD) and Cornish Metals (LON:CUSN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is CAPD or CUSN more profitable?

Capital has a net margin of 8.69% compared to Cornish Metals' net margin of 0.00%. Capital's return on equity of 10.91% beat Cornish Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital	8.69%	10.91%	7.53%
Cornish Metals	N/A	-0.22%	-2.52%

Which has more risk and volatility, CAPD or CUSN?

Capital has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cornish Metals has a beta of 2.48, suggesting that its share price is 148% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CAPD or CUSN?

51.4% of Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Cornish Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 21.9% of Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.9% of Cornish Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CAPD or CUSN?

Capital received 223 more outperform votes than Cornish Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.09% of users gave Capital an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Cornish Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capital	Outperform Votes 223 74.09%	Underperform Votes 78 25.91%
Cornish Metals	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CAPD or CUSN?

Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Cornish Metals. Cornish Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital, 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
Capital	£416.20M	0.40	£36.18M	£11.89	5.75
Cornish Metals	N/A	N/A	-£328.47K	-£0.02	-337.55

Do analysts prefer CAPD or CUSN?

Capital presently has a consensus price target of GBX 60, suggesting a potential downside of 12.28%. Given Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Capital is more favorable than Cornish Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cornish Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor CAPD or CUSN?

In the previous week, Capital had 12 more articles in the media than Cornish Metals. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Capital and 3 mentions for Cornish Metals. Cornish Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Capital's score of -0.03 indicating that Cornish Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Capital	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cornish Metals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Capital beats Cornish Metals on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.