Cranswick (CWK) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer CWK or FSV?

In the previous week, Cranswick had 3 more articles in the media than Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cranswick and 1 mentions for Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Cranswick's score of 0.15 indicating that Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cranswick	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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)	Very Positive

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 3.0%. 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.

Do analysts rate CWK or FSV?

Cranswick presently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,156, indicating a potential upside of 2.71%. 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
Cranswick	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
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

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%

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 63.62% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cranswick	Outperform Votes 404 63.62%	Underperform Votes 231 36.38%
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	Outperform Votes 106 76.81%	Underperform Votes 32 23.19%

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

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

Which has more risk & volatility, CWK or FSV?

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	1.04	£113.74M	£210.14	23.89
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	£237.18M	4.51	£223.72M	£68.75	4.79

Summary

Cranswick beats Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.