Peel Hunt (PEEL) Competitors

Peel Hunt (LON:PEEL) and Numis (LON:NUM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PEEL or NUM?

Numis received 92 more outperform votes than Peel Hunt when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Peel Hunt	N/A	N/A
Numis	Outperform Votes 92 63.45%	Underperform Votes 53 36.55%

Does the media favor PEEL or NUM?

In the previous week, Peel Hunt's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Numis'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Peel Hunt	Neutral
Numis	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, PEEL or NUM?

Peel Hunt has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Numis has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PEEL or NUM?

Numis has higher revenue and earnings than Peel Hunt. Peel Hunt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Numis, 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
Peel Hunt	£87.00M	1.15	-£1.50M	-£1.29	-66.88
Numis	£130.31M	0.00	£1.82M	£0.02	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PEEL or NUM?

27.1% of Peel Hunt shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.5% of Numis shares are held by institutional investors. 25.0% of Peel Hunt shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.8% of Numis shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PEEL or NUM a better dividend stock?

Peel Hunt pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Numis pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share. Peel Hunt pays out -233.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Numis pays out 55,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Peel Hunt is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is PEEL or NUM more profitable?

Numis has a net margin of 1.40% compared to Peel Hunt's net margin of -1.72%. Numis' return on equity of 0.98% beat Peel Hunt's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peel Hunt	-1.72%	-1.78%	-0.50%
Numis	1.40%	0.98%	0.32%

Summary

Numis beats Peel Hunt on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.