European Metals (EMH) Competitors

Capital (LON:CAPD) and European Metals (LON:EMH) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and dividends.

Which has more volatility and risk, CAPD or EMH?

Capital has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, European Metals has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CAPD or EMH more profitable?

Capital has a net margin of 8.69% compared to European Metals' net margin of -57.38%. Capital's return on equity of 10.91% beat European Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital	8.69%	10.91%	7.53%
European Metals	-57.38%	-2.93%	-2.47%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CAPD or EMH?

51.4% of Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of European Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.9% of Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of European Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CAPD or EMH?

Capital has higher revenue and earnings than European Metals. European Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 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
Capital	£416.20M	0.36	£36.18M	£11.89	5.20
European Metals	£4.01M	15.67	-£2.30M	-£0.28	-54.12

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CAPD or EMH?

Capital received 223 more outperform votes than European Metals when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capital	Outperform Votes 223 74.58%	Underperform Votes 76 25.42%
European Metals	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend CAPD or EMH?

Capital presently has a consensus target price of GBX 130, suggesting a potential upside of 110.29%. Given Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Capital is more favorable than European Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
European Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to CAPD or EMH?

In the previous week, Capital had 11 more articles in the media than European Metals. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Capital and 0 mentions for European Metals. Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat European Metals' score of -0.30 indicating that Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Capital	Neutral
European Metals	Neutral

Summary

Capital beats European Metals on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.