Big Rock Brewery (BR) Competitors

Century Global Commodities (TSE:CNT) and Big Rock Brewery (TSE:BR) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CNT or BR?

Century Global Commodities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Big Rock Brewery. Big Rock Brewery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Century Global Commodities, 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
Century Global Commodities	C$12.61M	0.28	-C$1.83M	-C$0.02	-1.50
Big Rock Brewery	C$45.25M	0.19	-C$5.01M	-C$0.71	-1.69

Do analysts recommend CNT or BR?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Global Commodities	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Big Rock Brewery	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, CNT or BR?

Century Global Commodities has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Big Rock Brewery has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CNT or BR?

In the previous week, Big Rock Brewery had 2 more articles in the media than Century Global Commodities. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Big Rock Brewery and 0 mentions for Century Global Commodities. Big Rock Brewery's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Century Global Commodities'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Century Global Commodities	Neutral
Big Rock Brewery	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CNT or BR?

41.0% of Big Rock Brewery shares are held by institutional investors. 70.4% of Century Global Commodities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of Big Rock Brewery 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CNT or BR?

Big Rock Brewery received 52 more outperform votes than Century Global Commodities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.85% of users gave Big Rock Brewery an outperform vote while only 58.49% of users gave Century Global Commodities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Global Commodities	Outperform Votes 31 58.49%	Underperform Votes 22 41.51%
Big Rock Brewery	Outperform Votes 83 63.85%	Underperform Votes 47 36.15%

Is CNT or BR more profitable?

Big Rock Brewery has a net margin of -11.07% compared to Big Rock Brewery's net margin of -14.51%. Big Rock Brewery's return on equity of -9.37% beat Century Global Commodities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Global Commodities	-14.51%	-9.37%	-5.33%
Big Rock Brewery	-11.07%	-18.76%	-4.47%

Summary

Century Global Commodities and Big Rock Brewery tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.