CRPR vs. EDEN, GSP, FAR, ARCM, WBI, CTL, EML, KP2, CGH, and ITX
Should you be buying James Cropper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James Cropper include Eden Research (EDEN), Gensource Potash (GSP), Ferro-Alloy Resources (FAR), Arc Minerals (ARCM), Woodbois (WBI), CleanTech Lithium (CTL), Emmerson (EML), Kore Potash (KP2), Chaarat Gold (CGH), and Itaconix (ITX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Eden Research (LON:EDEN) and James Cropper (LON:CRPR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
James Cropper has a net margin of 2.59% compared to James Cropper's net margin of 0.00%. Eden Research's return on equity of 9.56% beat James Cropper's return on equity.
In the previous week, Eden Research had 6 more articles in the media than James Cropper. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Eden Research and 1 mentions for James Cropper. Eden Research's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat James Cropper's score of 0.31 indicating that James Cropper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
40.2% of Eden Research shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of James Cropper shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Eden Research shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 42.5% of James Cropper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
James Cropper received 36 more outperform votes than Eden Research when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.61% of users gave Eden Research an outperform vote while only 61.38% of users gave James Cropper an outperform vote.
Eden Research has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Cropper has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
James Cropper has higher revenue and earnings than Eden Research. Eden Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than James Cropper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
James Cropper beats Eden Research on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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