Fiske (FKE) Competitors

Cavendish Financial (LON:CAV) and Fiske (LON:FKE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CAV or FKE?

Fiske has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cavendish Financial. Cavendish Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fiske, 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
Cavendish Financial	£48.69M	0.59	-£3.62M	-£1.14	-7.76
Fiske	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.05	1,400.00

Is CAV or FKE a better dividend stock?

Cavendish Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.7%. Fiske pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Cavendish Financial pays out -175.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fiske pays out 2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cavendish Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor CAV or FKE?

In the previous week, Fiske had 3 more articles in the media than Cavendish Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fiske and 1 mentions for Cavendish Financial. Cavendish Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Fiske'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cavendish Financial	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Fiske	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CAV or FKE more profitable?

Fiske has a net margin of 8.83% compared to Cavendish Financial's net margin of -7.44%. Fiske's return on equity of 9.08% beat Cavendish Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cavendish Financial	-7.44%	-8.98%	-5.44%
Fiske	8.83%	9.08%	2.21%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CAV or FKE?

7.4% of Cavendish Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Fiske shares are held by institutional investors. 59.2% of Cavendish Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 75.7% of Fiske shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, CAV or FKE?

Cavendish Financial has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fiske has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAV or FKE?

Fiske received 74 more outperform votes than Cavendish Financial when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cavendish Financial	N/A	N/A
Fiske	Outperform Votes 74 61.67%	Underperform Votes 46 38.33%

Summary

Fiske beats Cavendish Financial on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.