Centaur Media (CAU) Competitors

Centaur Media (LON:CAU) and System1 Group (LON:SYS1) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CAU or SYS1?

Centaur Media has higher revenue and earnings than System1 Group. Centaur Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than System1 Group, 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
Centaur Media	£35.95M	1.09	£4.65M	£0.03	900.00
System1 Group	£30.02M	2.62	£2.03M	£0.16	3,875.00

Which has more volatility and risk, CAU or SYS1?

Centaur Media has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, System1 Group has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CAU or SYS1 a better dividend stock?

Centaur Media pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. System1 Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Centaur Media pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. System1 Group pays out 3,125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CAU or SYS1?

75.0% of Centaur Media shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of System1 Group shares are held by institutional investors. 17.5% of Centaur Media shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.5% of System1 Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to CAU or SYS1?

In the previous week, System1 Group had 2 more articles in the media than Centaur Media. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for System1 Group and 0 mentions for Centaur Media. System1 Group's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Centaur Media's score of 0.00 indicating that System1 Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Centaur Media	Neutral
System1 Group	Positive

Do analysts recommend CAU or SYS1?

System1 Group has a consensus price target of GBX 852.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.50%. Given System1 Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe System1 Group is more favorable than Centaur Media.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Centaur Media	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
System1 Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CAU or SYS1 more profitable?

Centaur Media has a net margin of 11.29% compared to System1 Group's net margin of 6.77%. System1 Group's return on equity of 21.21% beat Centaur Media's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centaur Media	11.29%	10.71%	6.26%
System1 Group	6.77%	21.21%	11.37%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CAU or SYS1?

Centaur Media received 322 more outperform votes than System1 Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.56% of users gave Centaur Media an outperform vote while only 65.03% of users gave System1 Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Centaur Media	Outperform Votes 441 76.56%	Underperform Votes 135 23.44%
System1 Group	Outperform Votes 119 65.03%	Underperform Votes 64 34.97%

Summary

System1 Group beats Centaur Media on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.