R.E.A. (RE) Competitors

Camellia (LON:CAM) and R.E.A. (LON:RE) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CAM or RE?

R.E.A. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Camellia. R.E.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Camellia, 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
Camellia	£279.40M	0.43	-£23.40M	-£8.47	-513.58
R.E.A.	£184.04M	0.19	-£2.20M	-£0.04	-2,012.50

Is CAM or RE a better dividend stock?

Camellia pays an annual dividend of GBX 146 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. R.E.A. pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Camellia pays out -1,723.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. R.E.A. pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. R.E.A. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer CAM or RE?

In the previous week, Camellia had 6 more articles in the media than R.E.A.. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Camellia and 1 mentions for R.E.A.. Camellia's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat R.E.A.'s score of 0.25 indicating that Camellia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Camellia	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
R.E.A.	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, CAM or RE?

Camellia has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, R.E.A. has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAM or RE?

Camellia received 47 more outperform votes than R.E.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.02% of users gave Camellia an outperform vote while only 64.81% of users gave R.E.A. an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Camellia	Outperform Votes 117 68.02%	Underperform Votes 55 31.98%
R.E.A.	Outperform Votes 70 64.81%	Underperform Votes 38 35.19%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CAM or RE?

9.1% of Camellia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.4% of R.E.A. shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.5% of Camellia shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.4% of R.E.A. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CAM or RE more profitable?

R.E.A. has a net margin of 1.05% compared to Camellia's net margin of -7.30%. R.E.A.'s return on equity of -0.62% beat Camellia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Camellia	-7.30%	-5.87%	-1.27%
R.E.A.	1.05%	-0.62%	2.53%

Summary

R.E.A. beats Camellia on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.