Symphony International (SIHL) Competitors

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

Is SIHL or INV a better dividend stock?

Symphony International pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 890.2%. Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Symphony International pays out -1,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Investment pays out 816.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Symphony International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, SIHL or INV?

Symphony International has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investment has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SIHL or INV?

Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Symphony International. Symphony International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Investment, 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
Symphony International	£12.28M	0.14	-£102.23M	-£0.20	-1.69
Investment	£1.21M	5.70	£1.01M	£0.49	765.31

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SIHL or INV?

5.1% of Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 27.9% of Symphony International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.2% of Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SIHL or INV?

Investment received 11 more outperform votes than Symphony International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.02% of users gave Symphony International an outperform vote while only 65.49% of users gave Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Symphony International	Outperform Votes 63 67.02%	Underperform Votes 31 32.98%
Investment	Outperform Votes 74 65.49%	Underperform Votes 39 34.51%

Is SIHL or INV more profitable?

Investment has a net margin of 83.35% compared to Symphony International's net margin of 0.00%. Investment's return on equity of 8.56% beat Symphony International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Symphony International	N/A	-23.29%	0.22%
Investment	83.35%	8.56%	5.25%

Does the media favor SIHL or INV?

In the previous week, Investment had 21 more articles in the media than Symphony International. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Investment and 0 mentions for Symphony International. Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Symphony International's score of 0.00 indicating that Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Symphony International	Neutral
Investment	Neutral

Summary

Investment beats Symphony International on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.