Petrofac (PFC) Competitors

Finsbury Food Group (LON:FIF) and Petrofac (LON:PFC) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is FIF or PFC more profitable?

Finsbury Food Group has a net margin of 2.60% compared to Petrofac's net margin of -21.67%. Petrofac's return on equity of 108.19% beat Finsbury Food Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Finsbury Food Group	2.60%	9.29%	5.12%
Petrofac	-21.67%	108.19%	-9.55%

Does the media favor FIF or PFC?

In the previous week, Petrofac had 4 more articles in the media than Finsbury Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Petrofac and 0 mentions for Finsbury Food Group. Petrofac's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Finsbury Food Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Petrofac is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Finsbury Food Group	Neutral
Petrofac	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, FIF or PFC?

Finsbury Food Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Petrofac. Petrofac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finsbury Food 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
Finsbury Food Group	£413.74M	0.00	£10.77M	£0.08	N/A
Petrofac	£3.30B	0.01	-£714.53M	-£81.55	-0.07

Is FIF or PFC a better dividend stock?

Finsbury Food Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. Petrofac pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 517.2%. Finsbury Food Group pays out 3,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Petrofac pays out -36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petrofac is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of FIF or PFC?

65.7% of Finsbury Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Petrofac shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.5% of Finsbury Food Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of Petrofac shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, FIF or PFC?

Finsbury Food Group has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petrofac has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FIF or PFC?

Petrofac received 629 more outperform votes than Finsbury Food Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.05% of users gave Petrofac an outperform vote while only 52.92% of users gave Finsbury Food Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Finsbury Food Group	Outperform Votes 127 52.92%	Underperform Votes 113 47.08%
Petrofac	Outperform Votes 756 71.05%	Underperform Votes 308 28.95%

Summary

Petrofac beats Finsbury Food Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.