Fair Oaks Income 2021 (FAIR) Competitors

Fair Oaks Income 2021 (LON:FAIR) and Scottish American Investment (LON:SAIN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FAIR or SAIN?

Fair Oaks Income 2021 has higher revenue and earnings than Scottish American Investment. Fair Oaks Income 2021 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Scottish American Investment, 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
Fair Oaks Income 2021	£3.00B	0.07	£2.91B	£0.07	7.52
Scottish American Investment	£75.38M	11.44	£87.22M	£49.87	9.89

Does the media refer more to FAIR or SAIN?

In the previous week, Fair Oaks Income 2021 had 1 more articles in the media than Scottish American Investment. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Fair Oaks Income 2021 and 0 mentions for Scottish American Investment. Fair Oaks Income 2021's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Scottish American Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that Fair Oaks Income 2021 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fair Oaks Income 2021	Positive
Scottish American Investment	Neutral

Is FAIR or SAIN more profitable?

Scottish American Investment has a net margin of 115.71% compared to Fair Oaks Income 2021's net margin of 97.06%. Fair Oaks Income 2021's return on equity of 12.24% beat Scottish American Investment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fair Oaks Income 2021	97.06%	12.24%	N/A
Scottish American Investment	115.71%	9.33%	5.89%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FAIR or SAIN?

Fair Oaks Income 2021 received 21 more outperform votes than Scottish American Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Scottish American Investment an outperform vote while only 69.44% of users gave Fair Oaks Income 2021 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fair Oaks Income 2021	Outperform Votes 25 69.44%	Underperform Votes 11 30.56%
Scottish American Investment	Outperform Votes 4 80.00%	Underperform Votes 1 20.00%

Is FAIR or SAIN a better dividend stock?

Fair Oaks Income 2021 pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1,529.6%. Scottish American Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Fair Oaks Income 2021 pays out 11,502.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Scottish American Investment pays out 28.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FAIR or SAIN?

32.2% of Fair Oaks Income 2021 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Scottish American Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Scottish American Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Fair Oaks Income 2021 and Scottish American Investment tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.