CRW vs. EMIS, INS, KOO, RENX, COG, INHC, FDBK, IQAI, DVRG, and TRLS
Should you be buying Craneware stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Craneware include EMIS Group (EMIS), Instem (INS), Kooth (KOO), Renalytix (RENX), Cambridge Cognition (COG), Induction Healthcare Group (INHC), Feedback (FDBK), IQ-AI (IQAI), DeepVerge (DVRG), and Trellus Health (TRLS). These companies are all part of the "health information services" industry.
Craneware vs.
EMIS Group (LON:EMIS) and Craneware (LON:CRW) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Craneware has a consensus price target of GBX 2,700, indicating a potential upside of 35.34%. Given Craneware's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Craneware is more favorable than EMIS Group.
EMIS Group has a beta of -0.13, suggesting that its stock price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Craneware has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EMIS Group and EMIS Group both had 1 articles in the media. EMIS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Craneware's score of -0.59 indicating that EMIS Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EMIS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Craneware pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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 11,153.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EMIS Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
EMIS Group received 13 more outperform votes than Craneware when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.38% of users gave EMIS Group an outperform vote while only 71.69% of users gave Craneware an outperform vote.
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.
Summary
EMIS Group beats Craneware on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CRW) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
