James Cropper (CRPR) Competitors

Mondi (LON:MNDI) and James Cropper (LON:CRPR) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Do analysts recommend MNDI or CRPR?

Mondi presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,700, indicating a potential upside of 48.34%. Given Mondi's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Mondi is more favorable than James Cropper.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mondi	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
James Cropper	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in MNDI or CRPR?

96.6% of Mondi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of James Cropper shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Mondi shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.1% of James Cropper 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 MNDI or CRPR a better dividend stock?

Mondi pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. James Cropper pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Mondi pays out 8,108.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. James Cropper pays out -1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is MNDI or CRPR more profitable?

Mondi has a net margin of -3.60% compared to James Cropper's net margin of -3.81%. Mondi's return on equity of 7.41% beat James Cropper's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mondi	-3.60%	7.41%	3.13%
James Cropper	-3.81%	-13.87%	1.18%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MNDI or CRPR?

Mondi received 590 more outperform votes than James Cropper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.40% of users gave Mondi an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave James Cropper an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mondi	Outperform Votes 741 84.40%	Underperform Votes 137 15.60%
James Cropper	Outperform Votes 151 60.89%	Underperform Votes 97 39.11%

Which has more volatility & risk, MNDI or CRPR?

Mondi has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Cropper has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to MNDI or CRPR?

In the previous week, Mondi had 1 more articles in the media than James Cropper. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mondi and 0 mentions for James Cropper. James Cropper's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Mondi's score of -1.05 indicating that James Cropper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mondi	Negative
James Cropper	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MNDI or CRPR?

Mondi has higher revenue and earnings than James Cropper. James Cropper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mondi, 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
Mondi	£7.19B	0.70	£392M	£0.74	1,548.65
James Cropper	£104.94M	0.20	-£4M	-£0.42	-533.33

Summary

Mondi beats James Cropper on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.