CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN) Competitors

CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (LON:CYN) and YouGov (LON:YOU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.

Is CYN or YOU more profitable?

YouGov has a net margin of 8.41% compared to CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's net margin of 0.00%. YouGov's return on equity of 14.24% beat CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	N/A	-9.35%	-4.86%
YouGov	8.41%	14.24%	4.89%

Which has more risk and volatility, CYN or YOU?

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.Comparatively, YouGov has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CYN or YOU a better dividend stock?

CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income pays out -3,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. YouGov pays out 4,500.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CYN or YOU?

YouGov received 138 more outperform votes than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.47% of users gave YouGov an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	Outperform Votes 86 64.66%	Underperform Votes 47 35.34%
YouGov	Outperform Votes 224 67.47%	Underperform Votes 108 32.53%

Which has better earnings & valuation, CYN or YOU?

YouGov 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 YouGov, 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
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	-£9.95M	-12.06	-£13.69M	-£0.20	-925.00
YouGov	£270M	1.67	£22.70M	£0.20	1,925.00

Does the media favor CYN or YOU?

In the previous week, YouGov had 10 more articles in the media than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for YouGov and 0 mentions for CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat YouGov's score of 0.00 indicating that CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	Very Positive
YouGov	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CYN or YOU?

22.5% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of YouGov shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of YouGov shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CYN or YOU?

YouGov has a consensus target price of GBX 905, indicating a potential upside of 135.06%. Given YouGov's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe YouGov is more favorable than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
YouGov	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

YouGov beats CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.