Colabor Group (GCL) Competitors

Colabor Group (TSE:GCL) and Ceres Global (TSE:CRP) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation and community ranking.

Which has better valuation and earnings, GCL or CRP?

Ceres Global has higher revenue and earnings than Colabor Group. Ceres Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colabor 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
Colabor Group	C$653.50M	0.20	C$3.80M	C$0.04	32.00
Ceres Global	C$916.17M	0.10	C$7.36M	C$0.31	9.35

Is GCL or CRP more profitable?

Ceres Global has a net margin of 0.80% compared to Colabor Group's net margin of 0.51%. Ceres Global's return on equity of 4.97% beat Colabor Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Colabor Group	0.51%	3.56%	3.28%
Ceres Global	0.80%	4.97%	2.19%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GCL or CRP?

Colabor Group received 230 more outperform votes than Ceres Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.77% of users gave Colabor Group an outperform vote while only 63.03% of users gave Ceres Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Colabor Group	Outperform Votes 305 70.77%	Underperform Votes 126 29.23%
Ceres Global	Outperform Votes 75 63.03%	Underperform Votes 44 36.97%

Which has more volatility & risk, GCL or CRP?

Colabor Group has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ceres Global has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GCL or CRP?

In the previous week, Ceres Global had 1 more articles in the media than Colabor Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ceres Global and 2 mentions for Colabor Group. Ceres Global's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Colabor Group's score of 0.63 indicating that Ceres Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Colabor Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ceres Global	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GCL or CRP?

14.9% of Colabor Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Ceres Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.0% of Colabor Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Ceres Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate GCL or CRP?

Colabor Group presently has a consensus price target of C$1.80, indicating a potential upside of 40.63%. Given Colabor Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Colabor Group is more favorable than Ceres Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Colabor Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ceres Global	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Colabor Group beats Ceres Global on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.