Blackbird (BIRD) Competitors

Capital & Regional (LON:CAL) and Blackbird (LON:BIRD) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CAL or BIRD?

Capital & Regional received 303 more outperform votes than Blackbird when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Blackbird an outperform vote while only 74.33% of users gave Capital & Regional an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capital & Regional	Outperform Votes 307 74.33%	Underperform Votes 106 25.67%
Blackbird	Outperform Votes 4 80.00%	Underperform Votes 1 20.00%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CAL or BIRD?

Capital & Regional has higher revenue and earnings than Blackbird.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital & Regional	£65M	0.00	£2.10M	N/A	N/A
Blackbird	£1.69M	9.46	-£2.48M	-£0.61	-6.58

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CAL or BIRD?

11.2% of Capital & Regional shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of Blackbird shares are owned by institutional investors. 82.8% of Capital & Regional shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.0% of Blackbird shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CAL or BIRD more profitable?

Capital & Regional has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Blackbird's net margin of -147.18%. Capital & Regional's return on equity of 1.09% beat Blackbird's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital & Regional	3.23%	1.09%	2.78%
Blackbird	-147.18%	-28.27%	-17.94%

Which has more risk & volatility, CAL or BIRD?

Capital & Regional has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackbird has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CAL or BIRD?

In the previous week, Blackbird had 4 more articles in the media than Capital & Regional. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Blackbird and 1 mentions for Capital & Regional. Capital & Regional's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Blackbird's score of -0.01 indicating that Capital & Regional is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Capital & Regional	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Blackbird	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate CAL or BIRD?

Capital & Regional currently has a consensus target price of GBX 75, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Capital & Regional's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Capital & Regional is more favorable than Blackbird.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital & Regional	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Blackbird	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Capital & Regional beats Blackbird on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.