Palace Capital (PCA) Competitors

McKay Securities (LON:MCKS) and Palace Capital (LON:PCA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings and valuation, MCKS or PCA?

Palace Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than McKay Securities. McKay Securities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palace Capital, 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
McKay Securities	£27.26M	0.00	N/A	£15.00	N/A
Palace Capital	£15.15M	4.21	£24.99M	£85.89	2.56

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MCKS or PCA?

McKay Securities received 28 more outperform votes than Palace Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.51% of users gave Palace Capital an outperform vote while only 60.85% of users gave McKay Securities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
McKay Securities	Outperform Votes 171 60.85%	Underperform Votes 110 39.15%
Palace Capital	Outperform Votes 143 66.51%	Underperform Votes 72 33.49%

Is MCKS or PCA more profitable?

Palace Capital has a net margin of 164.89% compared to McKay Securities' net margin of 0.00%. Palace Capital's return on equity of 31.11% beat McKay Securities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
McKay Securities	N/A	N/A	N/A
Palace Capital	164.89%	31.11%	2.33%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MCKS or PCA?

82.7% of Palace Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of Palace Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MCKS or PCA a better dividend stock?

McKay Securities pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share. Palace Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. McKay Securities pays out 0.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Palace Capital pays out 17.5% 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.

Do analysts rate MCKS or PCA?

Given McKay Securities' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe McKay Securities is more favorable than Palace Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
McKay Securities	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Palace Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor MCKS or PCA?

In the previous week, Palace Capital had 3 more articles in the media than McKay Securities. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Palace Capital and 0 mentions for McKay Securities. Palace Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat McKay Securities' score of 0.00 indicating that Palace Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
McKay Securities	Neutral
Palace Capital	Neutral

Summary

Palace Capital beats McKay Securities on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.