Crown Crafts (CRWS) and Its Competitors Head-To-Head Analysis

Crown Crafts (NASDAQ:CRWS) is one of 150 public companies in the “Household Durables” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Crown Crafts to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

Crown Crafts has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Crafts’ competitors have a beta of 1.77, meaning that their average share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crown Crafts	6.55%	13.11%	7.20%
Crown Crafts Competitors	-2.56%	-17.20%	1.25%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Crown Crafts and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crown Crafts	0	1	0	0	2.00
Crown Crafts Competitors	1821	7455	8182	320	2.39

As a group, “Household Durables” companies have a potential upside of 44.76%. Given Crown Crafts’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Crown Crafts has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

30.2% of Crown Crafts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of shares of all “Household Durables” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Crown Crafts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.2% of shares of all “Household Durables” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Crown Crafts pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Crown Crafts pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Household Durables” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.1% and pay out 31.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Crown Crafts is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Crown Crafts and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crown Crafts	$82.27 million	$1.84 million	5.36
Crown Crafts Competitors	$5.33 billion	$313.99 million	8.81

Crown Crafts’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Crown Crafts. Crown Crafts 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.

Summary

Crown Crafts competitors beat Crown Crafts on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

Crown Crafts Company Profile

Crown Crafts, Inc. designs, markets and distributes products for infants and young children. Its offerings include bedding, blankets, bibs, bath products, diaper bags and developmental toys. The company sells products under a portfolio of proprietary and licensed brands, including NoJo, Sassy and Manhattan Toy. Its products are distributed through a range of retail channels, including online retailers and specialty and mass-market stores. Crown Crafts has operated in the juvenile-products industry for decades and serves customers primarily in the United States.