Shires Income (SHRS) Competitors

Gresham House (LON:GHE) and Shires Income (LON:SHRS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is GHE or SHRS more profitable?

Shires Income has a net margin of 1,007.53% compared to Gresham House's net margin of 16.16%. Shires Income's return on equity of 68.29% beat Gresham House's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gresham House	16.16%	9.68%	3.69%
Shires Income	1,007.53%	68.29%	-0.15%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GHE or SHRS?

53.2% of Gresham House shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of Shires Income shares are held by institutional investors. 30.5% of Gresham House shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.5% of Shires Income shares are held 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.

Is GHE or SHRS a better dividend stock?

Gresham House pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share. Shires Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Gresham House pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Shires Income pays out 7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shires Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer GHE or SHRS?

In the previous week, Gresham House's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Shires Income'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gresham House	Neutral
Shires Income	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GHE or SHRS?

Shires Income has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gresham House. Gresham House is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shires Income, 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
Gresham House	£86.03M	0.00	£14.13M	£0.36	N/A
Shires Income	£7.18M	15.72	£72.33M	£178.75	1.55

Which has more volatility and risk, GHE or SHRS?

Gresham House has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shires Income has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Shires Income beats Gresham House on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.