Crown Capital Partners (CRWN) Competitors

Chesswood Group (TSE:CHW) and Crown Capital Partners (TSE:CRWN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Do analysts recommend CHW or CRWN?

Chesswood Group currently has a consensus target price of C$3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Chesswood Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Chesswood Group is more favorable than Crown Capital Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chesswood Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Crown Capital Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer CHW or CRWN?

In the previous week, Chesswood Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Crown Capital Partners'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Chesswood Group	Neutral
Crown Capital Partners	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CHW or CRWN?

3.8% of Chesswood Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.7% of Crown Capital Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.3% of Chesswood Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.4% of Crown Capital Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CHW or CRWN?

Chesswood Group received 69 more outperform votes than Crown Capital Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.13% of users gave Chesswood Group an outperform vote while only 63.52% of users gave Crown Capital Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chesswood Group	Outperform Votes 170 65.13%	Underperform Votes 91 34.87%
Crown Capital Partners	Outperform Votes 101 63.52%	Underperform Votes 58 36.48%

Which has more volatility & risk, CHW or CRWN?

Chesswood Group has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Capital Partners has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CHW or CRWN?

Crown Capital Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chesswood Group. Crown Capital Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chesswood 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
Chesswood Group	C$97.38M	0.00	-C$36.97M	-C$2.05	N/A
Crown Capital Partners	C$51.14M	0.10	-C$26.97M	-C$4.83	-0.19

Is CHW or CRWN more profitable?

Chesswood Group has a net margin of -37.96% compared to Crown Capital Partners' net margin of -52.73%. Chesswood Group's return on equity of -19.79% beat Crown Capital Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chesswood Group	-37.96%	-19.79%	-1.84%
Crown Capital Partners	-52.73%	-91.56%	-4.57%

Is CHW or CRWN a better dividend stock?

Chesswood Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share. Crown Capital Partners pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 66.7%. Chesswood Group pays out -5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crown Capital Partners pays out -12.4% 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. Crown Capital Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Chesswood Group beats Crown Capital Partners on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.