Georgia Capital (CGEO) Competitors

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

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%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CGEO or JAR?

62.4% of Georgia Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Jardine Matheson shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of Georgia Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.4% of Jardine Matheson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Which has preferable earnings & 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	2.39	£173.83M	£1.11	1,081.08
Jardine Matheson	£35.12B	0.00	£80M	£0.28	223.21

Does the media favor CGEO or JAR?

In the previous week, Georgia Capital had 6 more articles in the media than Jardine Matheson. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Georgia Capital and 0 mentions for Jardine Matheson. Georgia Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Jardine Matheson's score of 0.00 indicating that Georgia Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Georgia Capital	Positive
Jardine Matheson	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, CGEO or JAR?

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

Summary

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