Cornish Metals (CUSN) Competitors

Cornish Metals (LON:CUSN) and Griffin Mining (LON:GFM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Do analysts recommend CUSN or GFM?

Griffin Mining has a consensus price target of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 4.71%. Given Griffin Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Griffin Mining is more favorable than Cornish Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cornish Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Griffin Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CUSN or GFM?

Griffin Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Cornish Metals. Cornish Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Griffin Mining, 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
Cornish Metals	N/A	N/A	-£328.47K	£0.01	993.64
Griffin Mining	£142.60M	2.47	£25.84M	£0.06	3,141.45

Does the media refer more to CUSN or GFM?

In the previous week, Griffin Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Cornish Metals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Griffin Mining and 3 mentions for Cornish Metals. Cornish Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Griffin Mining's score of 0.29 indicating that Cornish Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cornish Metals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Griffin Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CUSN or GFM?

0.1% of Cornish Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.5% of Griffin Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Cornish Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of Griffin Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CUSN or GFM more profitable?

Griffin Mining has a net margin of 13.15% compared to Cornish Metals' net margin of 0.00%. Griffin Mining's return on equity of 7.86% beat Cornish Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cornish Metals	N/A	-0.22%	-2.52%
Griffin Mining	13.15%	7.86%	6.85%

Which has more risk and volatility, CUSN or GFM?

Cornish Metals has a beta of 2.48, indicating that its share price is 148% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffin Mining has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Griffin Mining beats Cornish Metals on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.