Coral Products (CRU) Competitors

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

Does the media favor CRU or RBN?

In the previous week, Robinson had 23 more articles in the media than Coral Products. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Robinson and 1 mentions for Coral Products. Robinson's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Coral Products' score of 0.00 indicating that Robinson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coral Products	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Robinson	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CRU or RBN?

Coral Products has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Coral Products	£30.99M	0.20	£1.21M	-£0.01	-700.00
Robinson	£52.46M	0.33	-£1.29M	£0.03	3,416.67

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRU or RBN?

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

Is CRU or RBN 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
Coral Products	-2.95%	-7.00%	0.70%
Robinson	1.03%	2.23%	2.58%

Which has more risk and volatility, CRU or RBN?

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

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

1.6% of Coral Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.5% of Robinson shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.9% of Coral Products shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 70.5% of Robinson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CRU or RBN a better dividend stock?

Coral Products pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%. Robinson pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Coral Products pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

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