Cranswick (CWK) Competitors

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (LON:FSV) and Cranswick (LON:CWK) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is FSV or CWK more profitable?

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has a net margin of 94.33% compared to Cranswick's net margin of 4.35%. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' return on equity of 21.15% beat Cranswick's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	94.33%	21.15%	0.33%
Cranswick	4.35%	12.64%	8.26%

Do analysts rate FSV or CWK?

Cranswick has a consensus target price of GBX 5,185, indicating a potential downside of 2.35%. Given Cranswick's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cranswick is more favorable than Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Cranswick	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FSV or CWK?

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cranswick. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cranswick, 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
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	£237.18M	5.04	£223.72M	£68.75	5.35
Cranswick	£2.61B	1.10	£113.74M	£210.14	25.27

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FSV or CWK?

64.8% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Cranswick shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Cranswick shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, FSV or CWK?

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FSV or CWK?

In the previous week, Cranswick had 2 more articles in the media than Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cranswick and 1 mentions for Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Cranswick's score of 0.81 indicating that Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Cranswick	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FSV or CWK a better dividend stock?

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cranswick pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Cranswick beats Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.