CPPGroup (CPP) Competitors

Christie Group (LON:CTG) and CPPGroup (LON:CPP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Which has better earnings & valuation, CTG or CPP?

Christie Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CPPGroup. Christie Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CPPGroup, 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
Christie Group	£68.04M	0.41	-£3.31M	-£0.13	-803.85
CPPGroup	£191.04M	0.04	-£4.13M	-£47.16	-1.79

Which has more risk and volatility, CTG or CPP?

Christie Group has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CPPGroup has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CTG or CPP?

In the previous week, Christie Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled CPPGroup'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Christie Group	Neutral
CPPGroup	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CTG or CPP?

0.3% of Christie Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.2% of CPPGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 83.4% of Christie Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 50.9% of CPPGroup shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CTG or CPP more profitable?

CPPGroup has a net margin of -2.16% compared to Christie Group's net margin of -4.87%. Christie Group's return on equity of -80.44% beat CPPGroup's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Christie Group	-4.87%	-80.44%	0.37%
CPPGroup	-2.16%	-101.30%	1.52%

Is CTG or CPP a better dividend stock?

Christie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. CPPGroup pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. Christie Group pays out -769.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CPPGroup pays out -27.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CTG or CPP?

CPPGroup received 3 more outperform votes than Christie Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.25% of users gave CPPGroup an outperform vote while only 60.34% of users gave Christie Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Christie Group	Outperform Votes 108 60.34%	Underperform Votes 71 39.66%
CPPGroup	Outperform Votes 111 70.25%	Underperform Votes 47 29.75%

Summary

CPPGroup beats Christie Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.