Creightons (CRL) Competitors

Tungsten (LON:TUNG) and Creightons (LON:CRL) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TUNG or CRL?

Tungsten received 86 more outperform votes than Creightons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.56% of users gave Tungsten an outperform vote while only 63.76% of users gave Creightons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tungsten	Outperform Votes 181 68.56%	Underperform Votes 83 31.44%
Creightons	Outperform Votes 95 63.76%	Underperform Votes 54 36.24%

Is TUNG or CRL more profitable?

Tungsten has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Creightons' net margin of -6.63%. Tungsten's return on equity of 0.00% beat Creightons' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tungsten	N/A	N/A	N/A
Creightons	-6.63%	-14.70%	2.35%

Does the media favor TUNG or CRL?

In the previous week, Tungsten had 5 more articles in the media than Creightons. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Tungsten and 0 mentions for Creightons. Tungsten's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Creightons' score of 0.00 indicating that Tungsten is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tungsten	Neutral
Creightons	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TUNG or CRL?

15.6% of Creightons shares are held by institutional investors. 48.1% of Creightons shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TUNG or CRL?

Tungsten has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Creightons. Creightons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tungsten, 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
Tungsten	£36.39M	0.00	N/A	-£2.80	N/A
Creightons	£53.19M	0.38	-£3.53M	-£5.15	-5.72

Summary

Tungsten beats Creightons on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.