CFX vs. SHG, FIF, IES, SBSI, RM, PFC, OFG, FCAP, OBT, and TRIN
Should you be buying Colefax Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Colefax Group include Shanta Gold (SHG), Finsbury Food Group (FIF), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (SBSI), RM (RM), Petrofac (PFC), Octopus Future Generations VCT (OFG), Cavendish Financial (FCAP), Obtala (OBT), and Trinity Exploration & Production (TRIN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Colefax Group vs.
Colefax Group (LON:CFX) and Shanta Gold (LON:SHG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.
Shanta Gold has a net margin of 8.96% compared to Colefax Group's net margin of 5.41%. Colefax Group's return on equity of 17.64% beat Shanta Gold's return on equity.
Shanta Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Colefax Group. Colefax Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shanta Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Colefax Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Shanta Gold pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Colefax Group pays out 681.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Shanta Gold pays out 25.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
54.4% of Colefax Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Shanta Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 36.5% of Colefax Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.2% of Shanta Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Colefax Group has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shanta Gold has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Shanta Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Colefax Group's score of -0.23 indicating that Shanta Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Shanta Gold received 227 more outperform votes than Colefax Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.73% of users gave Shanta Gold an outperform vote while only 71.07% of users gave Colefax Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Shanta Gold beats Colefax Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CFX) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
