Warpaint London (W7L) Competitors

PZ Cussons (LON:PZC) and Warpaint London (LON:W7L) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PZC or W7L?

44.7% of PZ Cussons shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.8% of Warpaint London shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.7% of PZ Cussons shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.5% of Warpaint London shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate PZC or W7L?

PZ Cussons presently has a consensus price target of GBX 120, suggesting a potential upside of 36.67%. Warpaint London has a consensus price target of GBX 680, suggesting a potential upside of 47.83%. Given Warpaint London's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Warpaint London is more favorable than PZ Cussons.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PZ Cussons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Warpaint London	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PZC or W7L?

PZ Cussons received 249 more outperform votes than Warpaint London when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.20% of users gave Warpaint London an outperform vote while only 52.13% of users gave PZ Cussons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PZ Cussons	Outperform Votes 318 52.13%	Underperform Votes 292 47.87%
Warpaint London	Outperform Votes 69 55.20%	Underperform Votes 56 44.80%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PZC or W7L?

Warpaint London has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PZ Cussons. PZ Cussons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Warpaint London, 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
PZ Cussons	£530.68M	0.70	-£57.30M	-£13.49	-6.51
Warpaint London	£101.21M	3.60	£17.56M	£22.56	20.39

Is PZC or W7L more profitable?

Warpaint London has a net margin of 17.35% compared to PZ Cussons' net margin of -10.80%. Warpaint London's return on equity of 35.04% beat PZ Cussons' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PZ Cussons	-10.80%	-21.80%	-4.36%
Warpaint London	17.35%	35.04%	21.18%

Does the media refer more to PZC or W7L?

In the previous week, Warpaint London had 1 more articles in the media than PZ Cussons. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Warpaint London and 1 mentions for PZ Cussons. Warpaint London's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat PZ Cussons' score of 0.67 indicating that Warpaint London is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PZ Cussons	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Warpaint London	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PZC or W7L a better dividend stock?

PZ Cussons pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Warpaint London pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. PZ Cussons pays out -29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Warpaint London pays out 44.3% 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. PZ Cussons is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, PZC or W7L?

PZ Cussons has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warpaint London has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Warpaint London beats PZ Cussons on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.