RBN vs. CRU, SYM, PIER, CMO, TRT, WRKS, HEIQ, CMX, MEX, and CFYN
Should you be buying Robinson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Robinson include Coral Products (CRU), Symphony Environmental Technologies (SYM), The Brighton Pier Group (PIER), CMO Group (CMO), Transense Technologies (TRT), TheWorks.co.uk (WRKS), HeiQ (HEIQ), Catalyst Media Group (CMX), Tortilla Mexican Grill (MEX), and Caffyns (CFYN). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Robinson (LON:RBN) and Coral Products (LON:CRU) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Robinson received 48 more outperform votes than Coral Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.33% of users gave Robinson an outperform vote while only 70.54% of users gave Coral Products an outperform vote.
Coral Products has a net margin of 3.46% compared to Robinson's net margin of -1.65%. Coral Products' return on equity of 8.22% beat Robinson's return on equity.
Coral Products has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Robinson. Robinson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coral Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3.5% of Robinson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.5% of Coral Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.5% of Robinson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.7% of Coral Products shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Robinson had 50 more articles in the media than Coral Products. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Robinson and 2 mentions for Coral Products. Robinson's average media sentiment score of -0.08 beat Coral Products' score of -0.22 indicating that Robinson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Robinson has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coral Products has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Robinson pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Coral Products pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Robinson pays out -12,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coral Products pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Robinson beats Coral Products on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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