Georgia Capital (CGEO) Competitors

Georgia Capital (LON:CGEO) and Jardine Matheson (LON:JAR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CGEO or JAR?

Georgia Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Jardine Matheson. Jardine Matheson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Georgia Capital, 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
Georgia Capital	£180.38M	2.26	£173.83M	£1.11	1,019.82
Jardine Matheson	£35.12B	0.00	£80M	£0.28	223.21

Does the media prefer CGEO or JAR?

In the previous week, Georgia Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Jardine Matheson. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Georgia Capital and 1 mentions for Jardine Matheson. Georgia Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Jardine Matheson's score of 0.33 indicating that Georgia Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Georgia Capital	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Jardine Matheson	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, CGEO or JAR?

Georgia Capital has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jardine Matheson has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CGEO or JAR?

62.4% of Georgia Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Jardine Matheson shares are held by institutional investors. 18.1% of Georgia Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.4% of Jardine Matheson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CGEO or JAR?

Jardine Matheson received 73 more outperform votes than Georgia Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.38% of users gave Georgia Capital an outperform vote while only 64.75% of users gave Jardine Matheson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Georgia Capital	Outperform Votes 17 65.38%	Underperform Votes 9 34.62%
Jardine Matheson	Outperform Votes 90 64.75%	Underperform Votes 49 35.25%

Is CGEO or JAR more profitable?

Georgia Capital has a net margin of 96.37% compared to Jardine Matheson's net margin of 0.23%. Georgia Capital's return on equity of 5.63% beat Jardine Matheson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Georgia Capital	96.37%	5.63%	3.51%
Jardine Matheson	0.23%	2.40%	2.53%

Summary

Georgia Capital beats Jardine Matheson on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.