Cavendish Financial (CAV) Competitors

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

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 24.0%. Peel Hunt pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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 and volatility, CAV or PEEL?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CAV or PEEL?

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

Does the media prefer CAV or PEEL?

In the previous week, Cavendish Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Peel Hunt's score of 0.00 indicating that Cavendish Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cavendish Financial	Neutral
Peel Hunt	Neutral

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%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	0.56	-£3.62M	-£1.14	-7.33
Peel Hunt	£87.00M	1.05	-£1.50M	-£1.29	-60.66

Summary

Peel Hunt beats Cavendish Financial on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.