Fiske (FKE) Competitors

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

Is FKE or CAV a better dividend stock?

Fiske pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Cavendish Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 24.1%. 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 -175.9% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, FKE or CAV?

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

Does the media refer more to FKE or CAV?

In the previous week, Fiske had 4 more articles in the media than Cavendish Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fiske and 0 mentions for Cavendish Financial. Cavendish Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Fiske's score of -0.57 indicating that Cavendish Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fiske	Negative
Cavendish Financial	Neutral

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

Which has preferable valuation and 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	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.05	1,220.00
Cavendish Financial	£48.69M	0.55	-£3.62M	-£1.14	-7.30

Is FKE or CAV 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
Fiske	8.83%	9.08%	2.21%
Cavendish Financial	-7.44%	-8.98%	-5.44%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Fiske beats Cavendish Financial on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.