Cranswick (CWK) Competitors

Cranswick (LON:CWK) and Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (LON:FSV) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CWK or FSV?

84.6% of Cranswick shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Cranswick shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, CWK or FSV?

Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CWK or FSV?

Cranswick currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,700, indicating a potential downside of 45.45%. Given Cranswick's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cranswick is more favorable than Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cranswick	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CWK or FSV?

Cranswick received 298 more outperform votes than Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.81% of users gave Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values an outperform vote while only 63.52% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cranswick	Outperform Votes 404 63.52%	Underperform Votes 232 36.48%
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	Outperform Votes 106 76.81%	Underperform Votes 32 23.19%

Is CWK or FSV a better dividend stock?

Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Cranswick pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer CWK or FSV?

In the previous week, Cranswick's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cranswick	Neutral
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	Neutral

Is CWK or FSV more profitable?

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has a net margin of 94.33% compared to Cranswick's net margin of 4.35%. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' return on equity of 21.15% beat Cranswick's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cranswick	4.35%	12.64%	8.26%
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	94.33%	21.15%	0.33%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CWK or FSV?

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cranswick. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cranswick, 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
Cranswick	£2.61B	1.02	£113.74M	£210.14	23.56
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	£237.18M	4.42	£223.72M	£68.75	4.69

Summary

Cranswick beats Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.