Crown Crafts (CRWS) Competitors

Culp (NYSE:CULP) and Crown Crafts (NASDAQ:CRWS) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.

Does the media prefer CULP or CRWS?

In the previous week, Culp had 4 more articles in the media than Crown Crafts. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Culp and 0 mentions for Crown Crafts. Culp's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Crown Crafts' score of 0.00 indicating that Culp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Culp	Neutral
Crown Crafts	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CULP or CRWS?

Crown Crafts has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Culp. Culp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crown Crafts, 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
Culp	$294.84 million	0.20	-$3.21 million	-$2.68	-1.77
Crown Crafts	$87.36 million	0.60	$9.92 million	$0.71	7.30

Do analysts rate CULP or CRWS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Culp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Crown Crafts	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, CULP or CRWS?

Culp has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Crafts has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CULP or CRWS?

Culp received 47 more outperform votes than Crown Crafts when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.19% of users gave Crown Crafts an outperform vote while only 55.88% of users gave Culp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Culp	Outperform Votes 233 55.88%	Underperform Votes 184 44.12%
Crown Crafts	Outperform Votes 186 60.19%	Underperform Votes 123 39.81%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CULP or CRWS?

60.0% of Culp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.6% of Crown Crafts shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Culp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Crown Crafts shares are held 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.

Is CULP or CRWS more profitable?

Crown Crafts has a net margin of 9.17% compared to Culp's net margin of -14.26%. Crown Crafts' return on equity of 15.31% beat Culp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Culp	-14.26%	-30.11%	-19.28%
Crown Crafts	9.17%	15.31%	11.82%

Summary

Crown Crafts beats Culp on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.