CFX vs. SHG, FIF, IES, RM, SBSI, OFG, FCAP, OBT, PFC, 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), RM (RM), Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (SBSI), Octopus Future Generations VCT (OFG), Cavendish Financial (FCAP), Obtala (OBT), Petrofac (PFC), and Trinity Exploration & Production (TRIN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Colefax Group vs. Its Competitors
Shanta Gold (LON:SHG) and Colefax Group (LON:CFX) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
Shanta Gold has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colefax Group has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Colefax Group had 1 more articles in the media than Shanta Gold. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Colefax Group and 0 mentions for Shanta Gold. Shanta Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Colefax Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Colefax Group has a consensus target price of GBX 870, suggesting a potential upside of 1.40%. Given Colefax Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Colefax Group is more favorable than Shanta Gold.
Shanta Gold pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share. Colefax Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Shanta Gold pays out 25.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colefax Group pays out 6.4% 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.
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.
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.
80.4% of Shanta Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Colefax Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.2% of Shanta Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.5% of Colefax Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Colefax Group beats Shanta Gold on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CFX) was last updated on 8/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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