Christie Group (CTG) Competitors

Sylvania Platinum (LON:SLP) and Christie Group (LON:CTG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

Which has better earnings & valuation, SLP or CTG?

Sylvania Platinum has higher revenue and earnings than Christie Group. Christie Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sylvania Platinum, 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
Sylvania Platinum	£81.71M	1.30	£6.98M	£0.02	2,025.00
Christie Group	£68.04M	0.42	-£3.31M	-£0.13	-826.92

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SLP or CTG?

17.8% of Sylvania Platinum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Christie Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of Sylvania Platinum shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 83.4% of Christie Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor SLP or CTG?

In the previous week, Sylvania Platinum had 1 more articles in the media than Christie Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Sylvania Platinum and 0 mentions for Christie Group. Christie Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Sylvania Platinum's score of -1.05 indicating that Christie Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sylvania Platinum	Negative
Christie Group	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, SLP or CTG?

Sylvania Platinum has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Christie Group has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SLP or CTG more profitable?

Sylvania Platinum has a net margin of 8.55% compared to Christie Group's net margin of -4.87%. Sylvania Platinum's return on equity of 3.01% beat Christie Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sylvania Platinum	8.55%	3.01%	1.69%
Christie Group	-4.87%	-80.44%	0.37%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SLP or CTG?

Sylvania Platinum received 126 more outperform votes than Christie Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.59% of users gave Sylvania Platinum an outperform vote while only 60.67% of users gave Christie Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sylvania Platinum	Outperform Votes 234 79.59%	Underperform Votes 60 20.41%
Christie Group	Outperform Votes 108 60.67%	Underperform Votes 70 39.33%

Is SLP or CTG a better dividend stock?

Sylvania Platinum pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Christie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Sylvania Platinum pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Christie Group pays out -769.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Sylvania Platinum beats Christie Group on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.