Palace Capital (PCA) Competitors

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

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

82.7% of Palace Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.9% of Palace Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PCA or MCKS?

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

Does the media refer more to PCA or MCKS?

In the previous week, Palace Capital had 1 more articles in the media than McKay Securities. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Palace Capital and 0 mentions for McKay Securities. Palace Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat McKay Securities' score of 0.00 indicating that Palace Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Palace Capital	Positive
McKay Securities	Neutral

Do analysts rate PCA or MCKS?

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

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

Is PCA or MCKS a better dividend stock?

Palace Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. McKay Securities pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share. Palace Capital pays out 17.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McKay Securities pays out 0.6% 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.

Is PCA or MCKS 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
Palace Capital	164.89%	31.11%	2.33%
McKay Securities	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PCA or MCKS?

Palace Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Palace Capital	£15.15M	4.30	£24.99M	£85.89	2.62
McKay Securities	£27.26M	0.00	N/A	£15.00	N/A

Summary

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