CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN) Competitors

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

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.

Does the media refer more to CYN or YOU?

In the previous week, YouGov had 31 more articles in the media than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for YouGov 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 YouGov's score of 0.19 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	1 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)	10 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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 3.0%. YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CYN or YOU?

YouGov received 140 more outperform votes than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.66% of users gave YouGov an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	Outperform Votes 86 64.66%	Underperform Votes 47 35.34%
YouGov	Outperform Votes 226 67.66%	Underperform Votes 108 32.34%

Do analysts rate CYN or YOU?

YouGov has a consensus price target of GBX 880, suggesting a potential upside of 166.26%. 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	10.11	£8.67M	£14.07	14.43
YouGov	£335.28M	1.15	-£2.30M	-£1.96	-168.43

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%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CYN or YOU?

22.5% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of YouGov shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of YouGov shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

YouGov beats CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.