Palace Capital (PCA) Competitors

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

Is CTPT or PCA more profitable?

Palace Capital has a net margin of -47.77% compared to CT Property Trust's net margin of -285.08%. Palace Capital's return on equity of -8.28% beat CT Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CT Property Trust	-285.08%	-20.86%	2.58%
Palace Capital	-47.77%	-8.28%	2.33%

Which has more volatility and risk, CTPT or PCA?

CT Property Trust has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palace Capital has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, CTPT or PCA?

Palace Capital has higher revenue and earnings than CT Property Trust. Palace Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT Property Trust, 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
CT Property Trust	£18.76M	10.26	-£53.48M	-£0.23	-360.43
Palace Capital	£19.60M	3.12	-£9.36M	-£0.24	-883.33

Do analysts prefer CTPT or PCA?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CT Property Trust	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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CTPT or PCA?

35.3% of CT Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Palace Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of CT Property Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CTPT or PCA?

Palace Capital received 143 more outperform votes than CT Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CT Property Trust	N/A	N/A
Palace Capital	Outperform Votes 143 66.51%	Underperform Votes 72 33.49%

Does the media prefer CTPT or PCA?

In the previous week, Palace Capital had 1 more articles in the media than CT Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Palace Capital and 0 mentions for CT Property Trust. Palace Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat CT Property Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Palace Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CT Property Trust	Neutral
Palace Capital	Neutral

Is CTPT or PCA a better dividend stock?

CT Property Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Palace Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. CT Property Trust pays out -1,739.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Palace Capital pays out -6,250.0% 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. Palace Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Palace Capital beats CT Property Trust on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.