CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN) Competitors

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

Is CYN or YOU a better dividend stock?

CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. YouGov pays out -458.7% 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.

Is CYN or YOU more profitable?

CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income has a net margin of 68.67% compared to YouGov's net margin of -0.69%. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's return on equity of 6.63% beat YouGov's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	68.67%	6.63%	-4.86%
YouGov	-0.69%	-1.23%	4.89%

Does the media prefer CYN or YOU?

In the previous week, YouGov had 14 more articles in the media than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for YouGov and 2 mentions for CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat YouGov's score of 0.39 indicating that CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
YouGov	2 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, CYN or YOU?

CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, YouGov has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CYN or YOU?

22.5% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of YouGov shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of YouGov shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CYN or YOU?

CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income has higher earnings, but lower revenue than YouGov. YouGov is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income, 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
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	£12.63M	10.46	£8.67M	£14.07	14.92
YouGov	£335.28M	1.37	-£2.30M	-£1.96	-199.52

Do analysts recommend CYN or YOU?

YouGov has a consensus target price of GBX 760, suggesting a potential upside of 94.13%. Given YouGov's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe YouGov is more favorable than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
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
YouGov	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income and YouGov tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.