Crown Place VCT (CRWN) Competitors

Crown Place VCT (LON:CRWN) and Lowland (LON:LWI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.

Is CRWN or LWI more profitable?

Lowland has a net margin of 86.05% compared to Crown Place VCT's net margin of 50.52%. Lowland's return on equity of 7.91% beat Crown Place VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crown Place VCT	50.52%	2.45%	1.52%
Lowland	86.05%	7.91%	4.63%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CRWN or LWI?

0.9% of Crown Place VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Lowland shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Crown Place VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Lowland shares are owned by company 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 more volatility and risk, CRWN or LWI?

Crown Place VCT has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lowland has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CRWN or LWI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crown Place VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Lowland	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CRWN or LWI?

Lowland has higher revenue and earnings than Crown Place VCT. Lowland is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crown Place VCT, 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
Crown Place VCT	£4.18M	20.48	£2.11M	£0.01	3,050.00
Lowland	£33.31M	10.18	£28.66M	£0.11	1,140.91

Is CRWN or LWI a better dividend stock?

Crown Place VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Lowland pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Crown Place VCT 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. Lowland pays out 5,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to CRWN or LWI?

In the previous week, Crown Place VCT's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Lowland's score of 0.00 indicating that Crown Place VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Crown Place VCT	Very Positive
Lowland	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CRWN or LWI?

Lowland received 27 more outperform votes than Crown Place VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.91% of users gave Crown Place VCT an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Lowland an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crown Place VCT	Outperform Votes 87 65.91%	Underperform Votes 45 34.09%
Lowland	Outperform Votes 114 65.52%	Underperform Votes 60 34.48%

Summary

Lowland beats Crown Place VCT on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.