Pennant International Group (PEN) Competitors

Pennant International Group (LON:PEN) and Crimson Tide (LON:TIDE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PEN or TIDE?

Pennant International Group has higher revenue and earnings than Crimson Tide. Crimson Tide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pennant International Group, 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
Pennant International Group	£13.83M	0.83	N/A	-£0.01	-3,099.40
Crimson Tide	£6.16M	1.67	-£1.24M	-£0.04	-3,905.00

Do analysts recommend PEN or TIDE?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pennant International Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Crimson Tide	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor PEN or TIDE?

In the previous week, Pennant International Group had 3 more articles in the media than Crimson Tide. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pennant International Group and 0 mentions for Crimson Tide. Pennant International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Crimson Tide's score of 0.00 indicating that Pennant International Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pennant International Group	Neutral
Crimson Tide	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PEN or TIDE?

Pennant International Group received 84 more outperform votes than Crimson Tide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.73% of users gave Pennant International Group an outperform vote while only 63.38% of users gave Crimson Tide an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pennant International Group	Outperform Votes 174 70.73%	Underperform Votes 72 29.27%
Crimson Tide	Outperform Votes 90 63.38%	Underperform Votes 52 36.62%

Which has more risk and volatility, PEN or TIDE?

Pennant International Group has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crimson Tide has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PEN or TIDE more profitable?

Pennant International Group has a net margin of -3.37% compared to Crimson Tide's net margin of -4.79%. Crimson Tide's return on equity of -3.85% beat Pennant International Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pennant International Group	-3.37%	-4.44%	-2.63%
Crimson Tide	-4.79%	-3.85%	-3.98%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PEN or TIDE?

34.9% of Pennant International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.7% of Crimson Tide shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.3% of Pennant International Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.7% of Crimson Tide 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.

Summary

Pennant International Group beats Crimson Tide on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.