Peel Hunt (PEEL) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PEEL or FRP?

FRP Advisory Group received 135 more outperform votes than Peel Hunt when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Peel Hunt	N/A	N/A
FRP Advisory Group	Outperform Votes 135 64.59%	Underperform Votes 74 35.41%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PEEL or FRP?

27.1% of Peel Hunt shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of FRP Advisory Group shares are held by institutional investors. 25.0% of Peel Hunt shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of FRP Advisory Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, PEEL or FRP?

Peel Hunt has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FRP Advisory Group has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PEEL or FRP more profitable?

FRP Advisory Group has a net margin of 17.16% compared to Peel Hunt's net margin of -3.83%. FRP Advisory Group's return on equity of 31.21% beat Peel Hunt's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peel Hunt	-3.83%	-3.46%	-0.50%
FRP Advisory Group	17.16%	31.21%	15.94%

Does the media favor PEEL or FRP?

In the previous week, FRP Advisory Group had 6 more articles in the media than Peel Hunt. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FRP Advisory Group and 0 mentions for Peel Hunt. FRP Advisory Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Peel Hunt's score of 0.00 indicating that FRP Advisory Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Peel Hunt	Neutral
FRP Advisory Group	Positive

Do analysts rate PEEL or FRP?

FRP Advisory Group has a consensus price target of GBX 220, suggesting a potential upside of 47.75%. Given FRP Advisory Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FRP Advisory Group is more favorable than Peel Hunt.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Peel Hunt	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
FRP Advisory Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is PEEL or FRP a better dividend stock?

Peel Hunt pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. FRP Advisory Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Peel Hunt pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FRP Advisory Group pays out 5,555.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has better earnings and valuation, PEEL or FRP?

FRP Advisory Group has higher revenue and earnings than Peel Hunt. Peel Hunt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FRP Advisory Group, 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	£83.59M	1.48	-£3.20M	-£0.03	-3,366.67
FRP Advisory Group	£128.20M	2.85	£22M	£0.09	1,654.44

Summary

FRP Advisory Group beats Peel Hunt on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.