Cake Box (CBOX) Competitors

Cake Box (LON:CBOX) and McColl's Retail Group (LON:MCLS) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts recommend CBOX or MCLS?

Cake Box presently has a consensus target price of GBX 220, suggesting a potential upside of 22.43%. Given Cake Box's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cake Box is more favorable than McColl's Retail Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cake Box	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
McColl's Retail Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, CBOX or MCLS?

Cake Box has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McColl's Retail Group has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CBOX or MCLS more profitable?

Cake Box has a net margin of 12.31% compared to McColl's Retail Group's net margin of -0.65%. Cake Box's return on equity of 25.44% beat McColl's Retail Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cake Box	12.31%	25.44%	13.19%
McColl's Retail Group	-0.65%	-37.96%	1.39%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CBOX or MCLS?

45.2% of Cake Box shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of McColl's Retail Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.9% of Cake Box shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CBOX or MCLS?

In the previous week, Cake Box had 6 more articles in the media than McColl's Retail Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cake Box and 0 mentions for McColl's Retail Group. Cake Box's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat McColl's Retail Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Cake Box is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cake Box	Positive
McColl's Retail Group	Neutral

Is CBOX or MCLS a better dividend stock?

Cake Box pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. McColl's Retail Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. Cake Box pays out 78.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. McColl's Retail Group pays out -4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CBOX or MCLS?

Cake Box has higher earnings, but lower revenue than McColl's Retail Group. McColl's Retail Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cake Box, 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
Cake Box	£38.64M	1.90	£4.76M	£11.41	15.75
McColl's Retail Group	£1.23B	0.00	-£8M	-£0.07	N/A

Summary

Cake Box beats McColl's Retail Group on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.