CFX vs. SHG, FIF, RM, IES, SBSI, 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), RM (RM), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (SBSI), 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.
Shanta Gold (LON:SHG) and Colefax Group (LON:CFX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Shanta Gold has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colefax Group has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 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.
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 0.8%. Shanta Gold pays out 25.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 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.
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. Colefax Group's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Shanta Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Colefax Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Shanta Gold beats Colefax Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CFX) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
