Capital (CAPD) Competitors

Sovereign Metals (LON:SVML) and Capital (LON:CAPD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SVML or CAPD?

8.5% of Sovereign Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.2% of Sovereign Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SVML or CAPD?

Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Sovereign Metals. Sovereign Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital, 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
Sovereign Metals	N/A	N/A	-£39.22M	-£1.65	-25.20
Capital	£416.20M	0.35	£36.18M	£11.89	5.05

Is SVML or CAPD more profitable?

Capital has a net margin of 8.69% compared to Sovereign Metals' net margin of 0.00%. Capital's return on equity of 10.91% beat Sovereign Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sovereign Metals	N/A	-53.90%	-50.84%
Capital	8.69%	10.91%	7.53%

Do analysts recommend SVML or CAPD?

Sovereign Metals currently has a consensus price target of GBX 55, suggesting a potential upside of 31.89%. Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 130, suggesting a potential upside of 116.67%. Given Capital's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Capital is more favorable than Sovereign Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sovereign Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SVML or CAPD?

Capital received 208 more outperform votes than Sovereign Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 93.75% of users gave Sovereign Metals an outperform vote while only 74.58% of users gave Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sovereign Metals	Outperform Votes 15 93.75%	Underperform Votes 1 6.25%
Capital	Outperform Votes 223 74.58%	Underperform Votes 76 25.42%

Which has more risk and volatility, SVML or CAPD?

Sovereign Metals has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SVML or CAPD?

In the previous week, Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Sovereign Metals. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Capital and 3 mentions for Sovereign Metals. Sovereign Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Capital's score of -0.04 indicating that Sovereign Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sovereign Metals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Capital	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Capital beats Sovereign Metals on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.