PFC vs. FIF, RM, SBSI, IES, CFX, OFG, FCAP, OBT, TRIN, and HARL
Should you be buying Petrofac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petrofac include Finsbury Food Group (FIF), RM (RM), Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (SBSI), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), Colefax Group (CFX), Octopus Future Generations VCT (OFG), Cavendish Financial (FCAP), Obtala (OBT), Trinity Exploration & Production (TRIN), and Harland & Wolff Group (HARL). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Petrofac vs.
Petrofac (LON:PFC) and Finsbury Food Group (LON:FIF) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
27.4% of Petrofac shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Finsbury Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of Petrofac shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.5% of Finsbury Food Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Finsbury Food Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Petrofac has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finsbury Food Group has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Petrofac's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Finsbury Food Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Petrofac pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 601.2%. Finsbury Food Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. Petrofac pays out -36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
Summary
Petrofac and Finsbury Food Group tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PFC) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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