Capital & Regional (CAL) Competitors

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

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%	-27.01%	-17.94%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CAL or BIRD?

11.2% of Capital & Regional shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of Blackbird shares are held by institutional investors. 82.8% of Capital & Regional shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.0% of Blackbird shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, CAL or BIRD?

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

Do analysts rate CAL or BIRD?

Capital & Regional presently has a consensus target price of GBX 70, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Capital & Regional's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	2 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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	£1.64M	14.39	-£2.42M	-£0.01	-609.50

Does the media refer more to 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 0.75 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)	Positive
Blackbird	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Summary

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