Cranswick (CWK) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend FSV or CWK?

Cranswick has a consensus target price of GBX 3,423, suggesting a potential downside of 30.71%. 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
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
Cranswick	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is FSV or CWK more profitable?

Cranswick has a net margin of 4.35% compared to Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' net margin of -26.15%. Cranswick's return on equity of 12.89% beat Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	-26.15%	-0.32%	0.33%
Cranswick	4.35%	12.89%	8.26%

Is FSV or CWK a better dividend stock?

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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 out -100,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cranswick pays out 4,306.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to FSV or CWK?

In the previous week, Cranswick had 2 more articles in the media than Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cranswick and 1 mentions for Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Cranswick's score of 0.15 indicating that Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cranswick	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FSV or CWK?

Cranswick has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values. 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
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	£11.88M	84.30	-£3.11M	-£0.01	-30,900.00
Cranswick	£2.60B	1.02	£113.10M	£2.09	2,363.64

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FSV or CWK?

64.8% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Cranswick shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Cranswick shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FSV or CWK?

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 63.82% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	Outperform Votes 106 76.81%	Underperform Votes 32 23.19%
Cranswick	Outperform Votes 404 63.82%	Underperform Votes 229 36.18%

Which has more risk and volatility, FSV or CWK?

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

Summary

Cranswick beats Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.