Cerillion (CER) Competitors

Blackbird (LON:BIRD) and Cerillion (LON:CER) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BIRD or CER?

Cerillion received 157 more outperform votes than Blackbird when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Blackbird an outperform vote while only 65.98% of users gave Cerillion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blackbird	Outperform Votes 4 80.00%	Underperform Votes 1 20.00%
Cerillion	Outperform Votes 161 65.98%	Underperform Votes 83 34.02%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BIRD or CER?

Cerillion has higher revenue and earnings than Blackbird. Blackbird is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cerillion, 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
Blackbird	£1.64M	14.16	-£2.42M	-£0.01	-600.00
Cerillion	£41.19M	13.27	£14.07M	£0.48	3,854.17

Which has more volatility & risk, BIRD or CER?

Blackbird has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cerillion has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend BIRD or CER?

Cerillion has a consensus target price of GBX 1,682.50, indicating a potential downside of 9.05%. Given Cerillion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cerillion is more favorable than Blackbird.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blackbird	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Cerillion	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is BIRD or CER more profitable?

Cerillion has a net margin of 34.15% compared to Blackbird's net margin of -147.18%. Cerillion's return on equity of 37.90% beat Blackbird's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blackbird	-147.18%	-27.01%	-17.94%
Cerillion	34.15%	37.90%	19.33%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BIRD or CER?

26.7% of Blackbird shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Cerillion shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.0% of Blackbird shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.8% of Cerillion shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to BIRD or CER?

In the previous week, Cerillion had 4 more articles in the media than Blackbird. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cerillion and 6 mentions for Blackbird. Cerillion's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Blackbird's score of -0.06 indicating that Cerillion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blackbird	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cerillion	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Cerillion beats Blackbird on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.