CRW vs. EMIS, INS, KOO, COG, RENX, INHC, TRLS, IQAI, FDBK, and DVRG
Should you be buying Craneware stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Craneware include EMIS Group (EMIS), Instem (INS), Kooth (KOO), Cambridge Cognition (COG), Renalytix (RENX), Induction Healthcare Group (INHC), Trellus Health (TRLS), IQ-AI (IQAI), Feedback (FDBK), and DeepVerge (DVRG). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
EMIS Group has a beta of -0.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Craneware has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
EMIS Group received 12 more outperform votes than Craneware when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.38% of users gave EMIS Group an outperform vote while only 71.77% of users gave Craneware an outperform vote.
Craneware has a consensus target price of GBX 2,700, indicating a potential upside of 37.76%. Given Craneware's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Craneware is more favorable than EMIS Group.
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.
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.
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 1.5%. 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 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.
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. Craneware's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat EMIS Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Craneware is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
105.6% of EMIS Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Craneware shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of EMIS Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Craneware shares are held by company 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.
Summary
Craneware beats EMIS Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:CRW) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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