Craneware (CRW) Competitors

EMIS Group (LON:EMIS) and Craneware (LON:CRW) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EMIS or CRW?

105.6% of EMIS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Craneware shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of EMIS Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Craneware shares are owned by 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 better earnings and valuation, EMIS or CRW?

EMIS Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Craneware. EMIS Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Craneware, 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
EMIS Group	£176.86M	0.00	£30.48M	£0.47	N/A
Craneware	£230.77M	3.47	£14.27M	£27.07	68.76

Do analysts recommend EMIS or CRW?

Craneware has a consensus price target of GBX 2,800, suggesting a potential upside of 50.44%. Given Craneware's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Craneware is more favorable than EMIS Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EMIS Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Craneware	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is EMIS or CRW more profitable?

EMIS Group has a net margin of 17.23% compared to Craneware's net margin of 6.18%. EMIS Group's return on equity of 23.17% beat Craneware's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EMIS Group	17.23%	23.17%	7.99%
Craneware	6.18%	3.58%	2.28%

Does the media refer more to EMIS or CRW?

In the previous week, Craneware had 1 more articles in the media than EMIS Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Craneware and 0 mentions for EMIS Group. EMIS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Craneware's score of -0.70 indicating that EMIS Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
EMIS Group	Neutral
Craneware	Negative

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EMIS or CRW?

EMIS Group received 10 more outperform votes than Craneware when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.38% of users gave EMIS Group an outperform vote while only 71.94% of users gave Craneware an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EMIS Group	Outperform Votes 251 75.38%	Underperform Votes 82 24.62%
Craneware	Outperform Votes 241 71.94%	Underperform Votes 94 28.06%

Is EMIS or CRW a better dividend stock?

EMIS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share. Craneware pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. EMIS Group pays out 8,936.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Craneware pays out 107.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Craneware is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, EMIS or CRW?

EMIS Group has a beta of -0.13, meaning that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Craneware has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Craneware beats EMIS Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.