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CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN) Competitors

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GBX 222 -2.00 (-0.89%)
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CYN vs. WIX, YOU, CNIC, SLP, SRAD, NET, ARBB, GVP, INSE, and APP

Should you be buying CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income include Wickes Group (WIX), YouGov (YOU), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Netcall (NET), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), Inspired (INSE), and Appreciate Group (APP). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income vs. Its Competitors

Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (LON:CYN) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Wickes Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 215, suggesting a potential downside of 4.23%. Given Wickes Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Wickes Group is more favorable than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wickes Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

68.5% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income shares are owned 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.

Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Wickes Group had 4 more articles in the media than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Wickes Group and 1 mentions for CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.26 indicating that CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Wickes Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Wickes Group has higher revenue and earnings than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wickes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wickes Group£1.45B0.37£29.25M£12.3718.15
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income£12.63M11.05£8.67M£14.0715.78

Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Wickes Group pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income has a net margin of 68.67% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.39% beat CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wickes Group2.01% 19.39% 3.77%
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income 68.67%6.63%-4.86%

Summary

Wickes Group beats CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CYN vs. The Competition

MetricCQS Natural Resources Growth and IncomeAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£139.59M£1.31B£6.46B£3.02B
Dividend Yield2.43%4.38%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio15.7822.4714.09160.63
Price / Sales11.052,365.421,737.66278,114.25
Price / Cash21.8760.71128.7127.97
Price / Book1.061.231.964.69
Net Income£8.67M£264.35M£1.24B£5.90B
7 Day Performance7.77%0.00%0.43%0.28%
1 Month Performance9.36%2.17%3.66%8.61%
1 Year Performance19.18%7.19%23.58%78.50%

CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CYN
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income
N/AGBX 222
-0.9%
N/A+19.8%£139.59M£12.63M15.7840News Coverage
Positive News
WIX
Wickes Group
2.0781 of 5 stars
GBX 221
+0.2%
GBX 215
-2.7%
+57.9%£523.26M£1.45B17.875,930News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
YOU
YouGov
2.8399 of 5 stars
GBX 321
+0.5%
GBX 760
+136.8%
-28.8%£375.62M£335.28M-163.591,820Trending News
CNIC
CentralNic Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£339.82M£790.04M-12,660.00100
SLP
Sylvania Platinum
3.0014 of 5 stars
GBX 78.87
-0.2%
GBX 93
+17.9%
+25.2%£254.54M£99.97M36.96160News Coverage
SRAD
Stelrad Group
N/AGBX 170.70
-1.0%
N/A+31.7%£226.78M£306.97M14.672,960Gap Up
NET
Netcall
2.0875 of 5 stars
GBX 121.88
-0.9%
GBX 138.33
+13.5%
+30.3%£201.46M£39.16M34.323,220News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ARBB
Arbuthnot Banking Group
N/AGBX 960
+1.3%
N/A-2.1%£155.39M£239.83M5.08799Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
GVP
Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£155.29MN/A0.00310Gap Down
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 80.50
flat
N/A+8.1%£128.51M£155.87M73.711,600
APP
Appreciate Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£79.19M£120.97M1,406.671,710

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