RE vs. CAM, ART, SIS, GUS, VINO, WINE, ANP, OHT, ZAM, and GLB
Should you be buying R.E.A. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of R.E.A. include Camellia (CAM), Artisanal Spirits (ART), Science in Sport (SIS), Gusbourne (GUS), Virgin Wines UK (VINO), Naked Wines (WINE), Anpario (ANP), Ocean Harvest Technology Group (OHT), Zambeef Products (ZAM), and Glanbia (GLB). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
R.E.A. (LON:RE) and Camellia (LON:CAM) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Camellia had 1 more articles in the media than R.E.A.. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Camellia and 8 mentions for R.E.A.. Camellia's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat R.E.A.'s score of -0.12 indicating that Camellia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
R.E.A. pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Camellia pays an annual dividend of GBX 146 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. R.E.A. pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Camellia pays out 13,773.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. R.E.A. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
49.1% of R.E.A. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.0% of Camellia shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.3% of R.E.A. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of Camellia 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.
Camellia received 47 more outperform votes than R.E.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.02% of users gave Camellia an outperform vote while only 64.81% of users gave R.E.A. an outperform vote.
Camellia has higher revenue and earnings than R.E.A.. R.E.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Camellia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Camellia has a net margin of 3.39% compared to R.E.A.'s net margin of 3.04%. R.E.A.'s return on equity of 2.47% beat Camellia's return on equity.
R.E.A. has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camellia has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Camellia beats R.E.A. on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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