Colefax Group (CFX) Competitors

Colefax Group (LON:CFX) and Shanta Gold (LON:SHG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is CFX or SHG a better dividend stock?

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. Colefax Group pays out 6.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shanta Gold pays out 25.6% 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. Colefax Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CFX or SHG?

54.4% of Colefax Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Shanta Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.5% of Colefax Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.2% of Shanta Gold shares are owned by company 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.

Is CFX or SHG more profitable?

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 18.88% beat Shanta Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Colefax Group	5.41%	18.88%	6.87%
Shanta Gold	8.96%	8.47%	7.61%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CFX or SHG?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Colefax Group	Outperform Votes 113 71.07%	Underperform Votes 46 28.93%
Shanta Gold	Outperform Votes 340 82.73%	Underperform Votes 71 17.27%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CFX or SHG?

Shanta Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Colefax Group. Shanta Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colefax Group, 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
Colefax Group	£101.60M	0.45	£5.49M	£93.79	8.37
Shanta Gold	£150.50M	0.00	£13.48M	£0.01	N/A

Does the media favor CFX or SHG?

In the previous week, Colefax Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Shanta Gold'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Colefax Group	Neutral
Shanta Gold	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, CFX or SHG?

Colefax Group has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shanta Gold has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Shanta Gold beats Colefax Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.