ADVFN (AFN) Competitors

ADVFN (LON:AFN) and Cavendish Financial (LON:CAV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AFN or CAV?

1.0% of ADVFN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.4% of Cavendish Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 53.0% of ADVFN shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.2% of Cavendish Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, AFN or CAV?

ADVFN has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cavendish Financial has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer AFN or CAV?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ADVFN	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Cavendish Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is AFN or CAV more profitable?

Cavendish Financial has a net margin of -7.49% compared to ADVFN's net margin of -44.42%. Cavendish Financial's return on equity of -10.81% beat ADVFN's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ADVFN	-44.42%	-63.90%	-10.02%
Cavendish Financial	-7.49%	-10.81%	-5.44%

Does the media favor AFN or CAV?

In the previous week, Cavendish Financial had 4 more articles in the media than ADVFN. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cavendish Financial and 0 mentions for ADVFN. Cavendish Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat ADVFN's score of 0.00 indicating that Cavendish Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ADVFN	Neutral
Cavendish Financial	Neutral

Is AFN or CAV a better dividend stock?

ADVFN pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Cavendish Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.0%. ADVFN pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cavendish Financial 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. Cavendish Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AFN or CAV?

ADVFN received 57 more outperform votes than Cavendish Financial when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ADVFN	Outperform Votes 57 68.67%	Underperform Votes 26 31.33%
Cavendish Financial	N/A	N/A

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AFN or CAV?

ADVFN has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cavendish Financial. Cavendish Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ADVFN, 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
ADVFN	£4.68M	1.83	-£1.76M	-£0.04	-462.50
Cavendish Financial	£47.37M	0.74	-£3.55M	-£0.01	-1,050.00

Summary

Cavendish Financial beats ADVFN on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.