Crown LNG (CGBS) versus The Competition Head to Head Analysis

Crown LNG (NASDAQ:CGBS) is one of 665 public companies in the “Holding & other investment offices” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Crown LNG to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Crown LNG and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crown LNG	N/A	-$6.19 million	-0.33
Crown LNG Competitors	$995.69 million	$80.90 million	72.67

Crown LNG’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Crown LNG. Crown LNG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Crown LNG and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crown LNG	N/A	N/A	-34.39%
Crown LNG Competitors	-17.70%	-42.87%	-0.63%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Crown LNG and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crown LNG	0	0	0	0	N/A
Crown LNG Competitors	128	728	960	19	2.47

As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 56.26%. Given Crown LNG’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Crown LNG has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

21.9% of Crown LNG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by institutional investors. 81.0% of Crown LNG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.1% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Crown LNG has a beta of -0.22, suggesting that its share price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown LNG’s competitors have a beta of 0.03, suggesting that their average share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Crown LNG competitors beat Crown LNG on 7 of the 10 factors compared.

Crown LNG Company Profile

Crown LNG Holdings Limited develops and delivers tailored offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction and regasification terminal infrastructure solutions for harsh weather locations. The company is based in St Helier, Jersey.