Global Atomic (GLO) Competitors

Global Atomic (TSE:GLO) and Cogeco (TSE:CGO) 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 community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Is GLO or CGO more profitable?

Cogeco has a net margin of 3.47% compared to Global Atomic's net margin of -182.98%. Cogeco's return on equity of 10.59% beat Global Atomic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Atomic	-182.98%	-1.06%	-2.79%
Cogeco	3.47%	10.59%	4.96%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GLO or CGO?

Cogeco received 222 more outperform votes than Global Atomic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.57% of users gave Cogeco an outperform vote while only 16.67% of users gave Global Atomic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Atomic	Outperform Votes 1 16.67%	Underperform Votes 5 83.33%
Cogeco	Outperform Votes 223 66.57%	Underperform Votes 112 33.43%

Do analysts rate GLO or CGO?

Global Atomic presently has a consensus target price of C$1.88, indicating a potential upside of 118.02%. Cogeco has a consensus target price of C$82.67, indicating a potential upside of 43.37%. Given Global Atomic's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Global Atomic is more favorable than Cogeco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Atomic	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cogeco	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GLO or CGO?

15.4% of Global Atomic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.6% of Cogeco shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Global Atomic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Cogeco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, GLO or CGO?

Global Atomic has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cogeco has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GLO or CGO?

Cogeco has higher revenue and earnings than Global Atomic.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Atomic	N/A	N/A	-C$1.71M	N/A	N/A
Cogeco	C$3.07B	0.15	C$106.73M	C$8.39	6.87

Does the media favor GLO or CGO?

In the previous week, Global Atomic had 7 more articles in the media than Cogeco. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Global Atomic and 2 mentions for Cogeco. Global Atomic's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Cogeco's score of 0.00 indicating that Global Atomic is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Global Atomic	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cogeco	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Cogeco beats Global Atomic on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.