European Metals (EMH) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, EMH or CAPD?

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
European Metals	£4.01M	10.26	-£2.30M	-£0.28	-35.45
Capital	£416.20M	0.39	£36.18M	£11.89	5.55

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

11.7% of European Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of European Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EMH or CAPD?

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

Company	Underperform	Outperform
European Metals	N/A	N/A
Capital	Outperform Votes 223 74.33%	Underperform Votes 77 25.67%

Which has more risk & volatility, EMH or CAPD?

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

Does the media favor EMH or CAPD?

In the previous week, Capital had 14 more articles in the media than European Metals. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Capital and 0 mentions for European Metals. European Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Capital's score of -0.26 indicating that European Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
European Metals	Neutral
Capital	Neutral

Do analysts prefer EMH or CAPD?

Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 95, suggesting a potential upside of 43.94%. Given Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Capital is more favorable than European Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
European Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is EMH or CAPD 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
European Metals	-57.38%	-2.93%	-2.47%
Capital	8.69%	10.91%	7.53%

Summary

Capital beats European Metals on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.