Ingenta (ING) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to ING or FCAP?

In the previous week, Ingenta's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Cavendish Financial'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ingenta	Neutral
Cavendish Financial	Neutral

Is ING or FCAP more profitable?

Ingenta has a net margin of 13.58% compared to Cavendish Financial's net margin of -17.16%. Ingenta's return on equity of 23.09% beat Cavendish Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingenta	13.58%	23.09%	7.54%
Cavendish Financial	-17.16%	-18.69%	-9.31%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ING or FCAP?

45.5% of Ingenta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.2% of Cavendish Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.4% of Ingenta shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 85.6% of Cavendish Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ING or FCAP?

Ingenta received 122 more outperform votes than Cavendish Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.59% of users gave Cavendish Financial an outperform vote while only 69.43% of users gave Ingenta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingenta	Outperform Votes 134 69.43%	Underperform Votes 59 30.57%
Cavendish Financial	Outperform Votes 12 70.59%	Underperform Votes 5 29.41%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ING or FCAP?

Ingenta has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cavendish Financial. Cavendish Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingenta, 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
Ingenta	£9.85M	0.73	£1.34M	£9.77	5.19
Cavendish Financial	£32.15M	0.00	-£5.52M	-£0.03	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, ING or FCAP?

Ingenta has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cavendish Financial has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ING or FCAP a better dividend stock?

Ingenta pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Cavendish Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share. Ingenta pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cavendish Financial pays out -6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

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