Starwood European Real Estate Finance (SWEF) Competitors

Rathbones Group (LON:RAT) and Starwood European Real Estate Finance (LON:SWEF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is RAT or SWEF more profitable?

Rathbones Group has a net margin of 7.26% compared to Starwood European Real Estate Finance's net margin of 0.00%. Rathbones Group's return on equity of 6.38% beat Starwood European Real Estate Finance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rathbones Group	7.26%	6.38%	3.57%
Starwood European Real Estate Finance	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, RAT or SWEF?

Rathbones Group has higher revenue and earnings than Starwood European Real Estate Finance. Starwood European Real Estate Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rathbones 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
Rathbones Group	£871.80M	1.67	£63.30M	£0.61	2,763.93
Starwood European Real Estate Finance	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.07	1,314.29

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RAT or SWEF?

Rathbones Group received 274 more outperform votes than Starwood European Real Estate Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.40% of users gave Starwood European Real Estate Finance an outperform vote while only 63.52% of users gave Rathbones Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rathbones Group	Outperform Votes 357 63.52%	Underperform Votes 205 36.48%
Starwood European Real Estate Finance	Outperform Votes 83 66.40%	Underperform Votes 42 33.60%

Is RAT or SWEF a better dividend stock?

Rathbones Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Starwood European Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Rathbones Group pays out 14,426.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Starwood European Real Estate Finance pays out 8,571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Starwood European Real Estate Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate RAT or SWEF?

Rathbones Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,520, indicating a potential downside of 9.85%. Given Rathbones Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Rathbones Group is more favorable than Starwood European Real Estate Finance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rathbones Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Starwood European Real Estate Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer RAT or SWEF?

In the previous week, Rathbones Group and Rathbones Group both had 1 articles in the media. Starwood European Real Estate Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Rathbones Group's score of -0.47 indicating that Starwood European Real Estate Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rathbones Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Starwood European Real Estate Finance	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RAT or SWEF?

48.0% of Rathbones Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of Starwood European Real Estate Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.8% of Rathbones Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Starwood European Real Estate Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Rathbones Group beats Starwood European Real Estate Finance on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.