Centaur Media (CAU) Competitors

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

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%

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 7.8%. System1 Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Centaur Media pays out 71.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. System1 Group pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more risk & volatility, CAU or SYS1?

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 37.5% of System1 Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CAU or SYS1 more profitable?

Centaur Media has a net margin of 11.76% compared to System1 Group's net margin of 6.77%. System1 Group's return on equity of 20.43% beat Centaur Media's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centaur Media	11.76%	9.09%	6.26%
System1 Group	6.77%	20.43%	11.37%

Which has better valuation and 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	£34.64M	1.07	£4.07M	£2.80	9.12
System1 Group	£30.04M	2.53	£2.03M	£16.03	37.42

Do analysts rate CAU or SYS1?

System1 Group has a consensus target price of GBX 852.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.08%. Given System1 Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

Does the media favor CAU or SYS1?

In the previous week, Centaur Media had 2 more articles in the media than System1 Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Centaur Media and 0 mentions for System1 Group. Centaur Media's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat System1 Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Centaur Media is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Centaur Media	Very Positive
System1 Group	Neutral

Summary

System1 Group beats Centaur Media on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.