Chesswood Group (CHW) Competitors

Chesswood Group (TSE:CHW) and Excelsior Mining (TSE:MIN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CHW or MIN?

3.8% of Chesswood Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Excelsior Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.3% of Chesswood Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Excelsior Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, CHW or MIN?

Chesswood Group has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Excelsior Mining has a beta of 2.77, meaning that its stock price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CHW or MIN?

Chesswood Group received 159 more outperform votes than Excelsior Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.75% of users gave Excelsior Mining an outperform vote while only 65.13% of users gave Chesswood Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chesswood Group	Outperform Votes 170 65.13%	Underperform Votes 91 34.87%
Excelsior Mining	Outperform Votes 11 68.75%	Underperform Votes 5 31.25%

Does the media prefer CHW or MIN?

In the previous week, Chesswood Group had 1 more articles in the media than Excelsior Mining. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Chesswood Group and 1 mentions for Excelsior Mining. Excelsior Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Chesswood Group's score of 0.28 indicating that Excelsior Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chesswood Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Excelsior Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CHW or MIN more profitable?

Excelsior Mining has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Chesswood Group's net margin of -37.96%. Chesswood Group's return on equity of -19.79% beat Excelsior Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chesswood Group	-37.96%	-19.79%	-1.84%
Excelsior Mining	N/A	-495.91%	-4.32%

Which has better earnings & valuation, CHW or MIN?

Chesswood Group has higher revenue and earnings than Excelsior Mining. Excelsior Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chesswood Group, 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
Chesswood Group	C$97.38M	0.17	-C$36.97M	-C$2.05	-0.44
Excelsior Mining	C$1.95M	32.35	-C$48.26M	-C$0.21	-0.95

Do analysts prefer CHW or MIN?

Chesswood Group presently has a consensus price target of C$5.25, indicating a potential upside of 483.33%. Given Chesswood Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Chesswood Group is more favorable than Excelsior Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chesswood Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Excelsior Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Chesswood Group beats Excelsior Mining on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.