Franchise Brands (FRAN) Competitors

Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) and RWS (LON:RWS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Which has better earnings & valuation, FRAN or RWS?

Franchise Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RWS. RWS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franchise Brands, 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
Franchise Brands	£139.19M	1.89	£7.20M	£0.04	3,411.00
RWS	£717.80M	0.81	-£37.50M	-£0.09	-1,757.78

Does the media favor FRAN or RWS?

In the previous week, Franchise Brands had 11 more articles in the media than RWS. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Franchise Brands and 2 mentions for RWS. RWS's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Franchise Brands' score of 0.11 indicating that RWS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Franchise Brands	0 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
RWS	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate FRAN or RWS?

RWS has a consensus price target of GBX 330, suggesting a potential upside of 108.60%. Given RWS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RWS is more favorable than Franchise Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Franchise Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
RWS	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FRAN or RWS?

RWS received 86 more outperform votes than Franchise Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.63% of users gave RWS an outperform vote while only 66.12% of users gave Franchise Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Franchise Brands	Outperform Votes 121 66.12%	Underperform Votes 62 33.88%
RWS	Outperform Votes 207 71.63%	Underperform Votes 82 28.37%

Is FRAN or RWS more profitable?

Franchise Brands has a net margin of 5.17% compared to RWS's net margin of -5.22%. Franchise Brands' return on equity of 3.35% beat RWS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Franchise Brands	5.17%	3.35%	3.24%
RWS	-5.22%	-3.80%	3.42%

Which has more risk & volatility, FRAN or RWS?

Franchise Brands has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RWS has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of FRAN or RWS?

44.0% of Franchise Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of RWS shares are held by institutional investors. 39.0% of Franchise Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.2% of RWS shares are held by company 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.

Is FRAN or RWS a better dividend stock?

Franchise Brands pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Franchise Brands pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RWS pays out -13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RWS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

RWS beats Franchise Brands on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.