Cavendish Financial (CAV) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CAV or PEEL?

7.4% of Cavendish Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of Peel Hunt shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.2% of Cavendish Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of Peel Hunt shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CAV or PEEL a better dividend stock?

Cavendish Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 25.0%. Peel Hunt pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Cavendish Financial pays out -175.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peel Hunt pays out -233.3% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, CAV or PEEL?

Cavendish Financial has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peel Hunt has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CAV or PEEL?

In the previous week, Peel Hunt's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Cavendish Financial's score of -0.10 indicating that Peel Hunt is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cavendish Financial	Neutral
Peel Hunt	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CAV or PEEL?

Cavendish Financial and Peel Hunt both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cavendish Financial	N/A	N/A
Peel Hunt	N/A	N/A

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CAV or PEEL?

Peel Hunt has higher revenue and earnings than Cavendish Financial. Peel Hunt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cavendish Financial, 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
Cavendish Financial	£48.69M	0.53	-£3.62M	-£1.14	-7.04
Peel Hunt	£87.00M	1.00	-£1.50M	-£1.29	-57.94

Is CAV or PEEL more profitable?

Peel Hunt has a net margin of -1.72% compared to Cavendish Financial's net margin of -7.44%. Peel Hunt's return on equity of -1.78% beat Cavendish Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cavendish Financial	-7.44%	-8.98%	-5.44%
Peel Hunt	-1.72%	-1.78%	-0.50%

Summary

Peel Hunt beats Cavendish Financial on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.