CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN) Competitors

Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (LON:CYN) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WIX or CYN?

CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income received 65 more outperform votes than Wickes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Wickes Group an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wickes Group	Outperform Votes 21 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	Outperform Votes 86 64.66%	Underperform Votes 47 35.34%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WIX or CYN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wickes Group	£1.53B	0.25	£30.70M	£0.12	1,340.00
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	-£9.95M	-12.72	-£13.69M	-£0.20	-975.00

Do analysts prefer WIX or CYN?

Wickes Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 180, suggesting a potential upside of 11.94%. Given Wickes Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Wickes Group is more favorable than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wickes Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer WIX or CYN?

In the previous week, Wickes Group had 1 more articles in the media than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Wickes Group and 0 mentions for CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income. Wickes Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 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.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wickes Group	Positive
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WIX or CYN?

68.5% of Wickes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income 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 WIX or CYN more profitable?

Wickes Group has a net margin of 2.01% compared to CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's net margin of 0.00%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.20% beat CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wickes Group	2.01%	19.20%	3.77%
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	N/A	-9.35%	-4.86%

Which has more volatility and risk, WIX or CYN?

Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Is WIX or CYN a better dividend stock?

Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Wickes Group pays out 9,166.7% 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 -3,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Wickes Group beats CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.