Chesnara (CSN) Competitors

4imprint Group (LON:FOUR) and Chesnara (LON:CSN) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.

Is FOUR or CSN a better dividend stock?

4imprint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 180 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Chesnara pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. 4imprint Group pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chesnara pays out 875.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FOUR or CSN?

83.3% of 4imprint Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Chesnara shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of 4imprint Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Chesnara shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FOUR or CSN?

4imprint Group received 107 more outperform votes than Chesnara when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.71% of users gave 4imprint Group an outperform vote while only 69.77% of users gave Chesnara an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
4imprint Group	Outperform Votes 317 72.71%	Underperform Votes 119 27.29%
Chesnara	Outperform Votes 210 69.77%	Underperform Votes 91 30.23%

Does the media prefer FOUR or CSN?

In the previous week, 4imprint Group had 4 more articles in the media than Chesnara. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for 4imprint Group and 0 mentions for Chesnara. Chesnara's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat 4imprint Group's score of -0.11 indicating that Chesnara is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
4imprint Group	Neutral
Chesnara	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FOUR or CSN?

4imprint Group has higher revenue and earnings than Chesnara. 4imprint Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chesnara, 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
4imprint Group	£1.71B	0.62	£139.98M	£314.05	9.58
Chesnara	£412.72M	0.94	£4.20M	£2.74	93.37

Do analysts rate FOUR or CSN?

4imprint Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 7,365, indicating a potential upside of 144.89%. Given 4imprint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe 4imprint Group is more favorable than Chesnara.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
4imprint Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Chesnara	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, FOUR or CSN?

4imprint Group has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chesnara has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FOUR or CSN more profitable?

4imprint Group has a net margin of 8.20% compared to Chesnara's net margin of 1.02%. 4imprint Group's return on equity of 78.95% beat Chesnara's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
4imprint Group	8.20%	78.95%	35.62%
Chesnara	1.02%	1.21%	0.04%

Summary

4imprint Group beats Chesnara on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.