Molten Ventures (GROW) Competitors

Molten Ventures (LON:GROW) and Safestore (LON:SAFE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Does the media prefer GROW or SAFE?

In the previous week, Molten Ventures and Molten Ventures both had 2 articles in the media. Safestore's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Molten Ventures' score of 0.35 indicating that Safestore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Molten Ventures	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Safestore	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GROW or SAFE?

94.4% of Molten Ventures shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Safestore shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Molten Ventures shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Safestore shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, GROW or SAFE?

Molten Ventures has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safestore has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate GROW or SAFE?

Molten Ventures presently has a consensus price target of GBX 580, suggesting a potential upside of 47.02%. Given Molten Ventures' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Molten Ventures is more favorable than Safestore.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Molten Ventures	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Safestore	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GROW or SAFE?

Safestore has higher revenue and earnings than Molten Ventures. Molten Ventures is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safestore, 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
Molten Ventures	-£47.80M	-15.34	-£40.60M	-£0.21	-1,878.57
Safestore	£223.30M	8.54	£264.20M	£1.21	721.07

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GROW or SAFE?

Safestore received 378 more outperform votes than Molten Ventures when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.78% of users gave Safestore an outperform vote while only 77.13% of users gave Molten Ventures an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Molten Ventures	Outperform Votes 253 77.13%	Underperform Votes 75 22.87%
Safestore	Outperform Votes 631 78.78%	Underperform Votes 170 21.22%

Is GROW or SAFE more profitable?

Safestore has a net margin of 118.32% compared to Molten Ventures' net margin of 0.00%. Safestore's return on equity of 13.58% beat Molten Ventures' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Molten Ventures	N/A	-3.32%	-3.46%
Safestore	118.32%	13.58%	2.81%

Summary

Safestore beats Molten Ventures on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.