CYN vs. WIX, CNIC, YOU, NET, SRAD, SLP, GVP, ARBB, INSE, and APP
Should you be buying CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income include Wickes Group (WIX), CentralNic Group (CNIC), YouGov (YOU), Netcall (NET), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Inspired (INSE), and Appreciate Group (APP). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income vs.
Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (LON:CYN) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Wickes Group has higher revenue and earnings than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wickes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Wickes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Wickes Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Wickes Group pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
68.5% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income 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.
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income received 64 more outperform votes than Wickes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 95.65% of users gave Wickes Group an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income an outperform vote.
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income has a net margin of 68.67% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.39% beat CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's return on equity.
Wickes Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 189, indicating a potential upside of 0.75%. Given Wickes Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Wickes Group is more favorable than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income.
Summary
Wickes Group beats CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CYN) was last updated on 4/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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