Coral Products (CRU) Competitors

Robinson (LON:RBN) and Coral Products (LON:CRU) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of RBN or CRU?

3.5% of Robinson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.6% of Coral Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.5% of Robinson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.9% of Coral Products shares are owned by 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.

Is RBN or CRU more profitable?

Robinson has a net margin of 1.03% compared to Coral Products' net margin of -2.95%. Robinson's return on equity of 2.23% beat Coral Products' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Robinson	1.03%	2.23%	2.58%
Coral Products	-2.95%	-7.00%	0.70%

Which has more volatility and risk, RBN or CRU?

Robinson has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coral Products has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RBN or CRU a better dividend stock?

Robinson pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Coral Products pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. Robinson pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Coral Products pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coral Products is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings & valuation, RBN or CRU?

Coral Products has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Robinson. Coral Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robinson, 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
Robinson	£52.46M	0.34	-£1.29M	£0.03	3,500.00
Coral Products	£30.99M	0.22	£1.21M	-£0.01	-752.50

Does the media prefer RBN or CRU?

In the previous week, Robinson had 19 more articles in the media than Coral Products. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Robinson and 0 mentions for Coral Products. Robinson's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Coral Products' score of 0.00 indicating that Robinson is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Robinson	Neutral
Coral Products	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RBN or CRU?

Robinson received 48 more outperform votes than Coral Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.33% of users gave Robinson an outperform vote while only 70.54% of users gave Coral Products an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Robinson	Outperform Votes 139 74.33%	Underperform Votes 48 25.67%
Coral Products	Outperform Votes 91 70.54%	Underperform Votes 38 29.46%

Summary

Robinson beats Coral Products on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.