Cornish Metals (CUSN) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend GFM or CUSN?

Griffin Mining presently has a consensus target price of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 4.71%. Given Griffin Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Griffin Mining is more favorable than Cornish Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Griffin Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Cornish Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is GFM or CUSN more profitable?

Griffin Mining has a net margin of 13.15% compared to Cornish Metals' net margin of 0.00%. Griffin Mining's return on equity of 7.86% beat Cornish Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Griffin Mining	13.15%	7.86%	6.85%
Cornish Metals	N/A	-0.22%	-2.52%

Which has more volatility and risk, GFM or CUSN?

Griffin Mining has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cornish Metals has a beta of 2.48, meaning that its share price is 148% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GFM or CUSN?

In the previous week, Griffin Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Cornish Metals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Griffin Mining and 3 mentions for Cornish Metals. Cornish Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Griffin Mining's score of 0.29 indicating that Cornish Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Griffin Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cornish Metals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GFM or CUSN?

7.5% of Griffin Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Cornish Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.1% of Griffin Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Cornish Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GFM or CUSN?

Griffin Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Cornish Metals. Cornish Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Griffin Mining, 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
Griffin Mining	£142.60M	2.47	£25.84M	£0.06	3,141.45
Cornish Metals	N/A	N/A	-£328.47K	£0.01	993.64

Summary

Griffin Mining beats Cornish Metals on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.