Camellia (CAM) Competitors

Camellia (LON:CAM) and Anglo-Eastern Plantations (LON:AEP) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Is CAM or AEP more profitable?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a net margin of 17.73% compared to Camellia's net margin of -7.30%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' return on equity of 10.92% beat Camellia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Camellia	-7.30%	-5.87%	-1.27%
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	17.73%	10.92%	7.34%

Which has better valuation & earnings, CAM or AEP?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations has higher revenue and earnings than Camellia. Camellia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anglo-Eastern Plantations, 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
Camellia	£279.40M	0.43	-£23.40M	-£8.47	-514.76
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	£364.23M	0.74	£55.60M	£1.14	600.88

Which has more risk & volatility, CAM or AEP?

Camellia has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CAM or AEP a better dividend stock?

Camellia pays an annual dividend of GBX 146 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Camellia pays out -1,723.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 2,105.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAM or AEP?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations received 7 more outperform votes than Camellia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.51% of users gave Anglo-Eastern Plantations an outperform vote while only 68.02% of users gave Camellia an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Camellia	Outperform Votes 117 68.02%	Underperform Votes 55 31.98%
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	Outperform Votes 124 68.51%	Underperform Votes 57 31.49%

Does the media favor CAM or AEP?

In the previous week, Camellia had 7 more articles in the media than Anglo-Eastern Plantations. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Camellia and 1 mentions for Anglo-Eastern Plantations. Camellia's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Anglo-Eastern Plantations' score of 0.00 indicating that Camellia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Camellia	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CAM or AEP?

9.1% of Camellia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.5% of Camellia shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.5% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Anglo-Eastern Plantations beats Camellia on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.