Cake Box (CBOX) Competitors

DFI Retail Group (LON:DFIB) and Cake Box (LON:CBOX) are both small-cap services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Is DFIB or CBOX more profitable?

Cake Box has a net margin of 12.31% compared to DFI Retail Group's net margin of 0.35%. Cake Box's return on equity of 25.16% beat DFI Retail Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DFI Retail Group	0.35%	3.15%	1.41%
Cake Box	12.31%	25.16%	13.19%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DFIB or CBOX?

DFI Retail Group received 17 more outperform votes than Cake Box when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.69% of users gave DFI Retail Group an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave Cake Box an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DFI Retail Group	Outperform Votes 41 70.69%	Underperform Votes 17 29.31%
Cake Box	Outperform Votes 24 53.33%	Underperform Votes 21 46.67%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DFIB or CBOX?

DFI Retail Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cake Box. DFI Retail Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cake Box, 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
DFI Retail Group	£9.17B	0.01	£32.20M	£0.08	114.63
Cake Box	£37.84M	2.11	£4.66M	£0.11	1,818.18

Which has more risk & volatility, DFIB or CBOX?

DFI Retail Group has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cake Box has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DFIB or CBOX a better dividend stock?

DFI Retail Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Cake Box pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. DFI Retail Group pays out 207.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cake Box pays out 8,181.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer DFIB or CBOX?

In the previous week, Cake Box had 2 more articles in the media than DFI Retail Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Cake Box and 0 mentions for DFI Retail Group. Cake Box's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat DFI Retail Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Cake Box is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
DFI Retail Group	Neutral
Cake Box	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in DFIB or CBOX?

6.7% of DFI Retail Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.2% of Cake Box shares are held by institutional investors. 77.6% of DFI Retail Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.9% of Cake Box shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cake Box beats DFI Retail Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.