DSW Capital (DSW) Competitors

DSW Capital (LON:DSW) and Grafenia (LON:GRA) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DSW or GRA?

DSW Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Grafenia. Grafenia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DSW Capital, 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
DSW Capital	£2.67M	4.74	£97.05K	£0.38	131.56
Grafenia	£11.68M	0.00	-£1.41M	-£0.01	N/A

Does the media refer more to DSW or GRA?

In the previous week, DSW Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Grafenia'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
DSW Capital	Neutral
Grafenia	Neutral

Is DSW or GRA more profitable?

DSW Capital has a net margin of 3.63% compared to Grafenia's net margin of -11.78%. DSW Capital's return on equity of 1.10% beat Grafenia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DSW Capital	3.63%	1.10%	-0.38%
Grafenia	-11.78%	-82.44%	-4.07%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DSW or GRA?

Grafenia received 135 more outperform votes than DSW Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.50% of users gave Grafenia an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave DSW Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DSW Capital	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 15 100.00%
Grafenia	Outperform Votes 135 62.50%	Underperform Votes 81 37.50%

Which has more volatility & risk, DSW or GRA?

DSW Capital has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grafenia has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DSW or GRA?

6.7% of DSW Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.6% of Grafenia shares are owned by institutional investors. 75.5% of DSW Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.9% of Grafenia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

DSW Capital beats Grafenia on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.