Fiske (FKE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FKE or CAV?

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

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

Does the media prefer FKE or CAV?

In the previous week, Cavendish Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Fiske. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cavendish Financial and 0 mentions for Fiske. Cavendish Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Fiske's score of 0.00 indicating that Cavendish Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fiske	Neutral
Cavendish Financial	Neutral

Do analysts prefer FKE or CAV?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fiske	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Cavendish Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, FKE or CAV?

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, FKE or CAV?

Fiske has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Fiske	£6.71M	1.23	N/A	£0.05	1,400.00
Cavendish Financial	£47.37M	0.74	-£3.55M	-£0.01	-1,050.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FKE or CAV?

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

Is FKE or CAV a better dividend stock?

Fiske pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Cavendish Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.0%. 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 pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cavendish Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is FKE or CAV more profitable?

Fiske has a net margin of 8.83% compared to Cavendish Financial's net margin of -7.49%. Fiske's return on equity of 3.06% beat Cavendish Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fiske	8.83%	3.06%	2.21%
Cavendish Financial	-7.49%	-10.81%	-5.44%

Summary

Fiske beats Cavendish Financial on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.