Celtic (CCP) Competitors

Molten Ventures (LON:GROW) and Celtic (LON:CCP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, GROW or CCP?

Molten Ventures has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celtic has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend GROW or CCP?

Molten Ventures currently has a consensus price target of GBX 580, suggesting a potential upside of 79.84%. Celtic has a consensus price target of GBX 202, suggesting a potential upside of 22.42%. Given Molten Ventures' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Molten Ventures is more favorable than Celtic.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Molten Ventures	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Celtic	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, GROW or CCP?

Celtic has higher revenue and earnings than Molten Ventures. Molten Ventures is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celtic, 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
Molten Ventures	-£47.80M	-12.51	-£40.60M	-£0.21	-1,535.71
Celtic	£124.58M	1.26	£13.38M	£0.25	660.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GROW or CCP?

96.7% of Molten Ventures shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of Celtic shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Molten Ventures shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.4% of Celtic 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 MarketBeat Community believe in GROW or CCP?

Molten Ventures received 160 more outperform votes than Celtic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.13% of users gave Molten Ventures an outperform vote while only 66.91% of users gave Celtic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Molten Ventures	Outperform Votes 253 77.13%	Underperform Votes 75 22.87%
Celtic	Outperform Votes 93 66.91%	Underperform Votes 46 33.09%

Is GROW or CCP more profitable?

Celtic has a net margin of 10.74% compared to Molten Ventures' net margin of 0.00%. Celtic's return on equity of 11.65% beat Molten Ventures' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Molten Ventures	N/A	-3.32%	-3.46%
Celtic	10.74%	11.65%	2.20%

Does the media favor GROW or CCP?

In the previous week, Molten Ventures had 2 more articles in the media than Celtic. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Molten Ventures and 1 mentions for Celtic. Molten Ventures' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Celtic's score of 0.67 indicating that Molten Ventures is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Molten Ventures	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Celtic	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Celtic beats Molten Ventures on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.