Bank of Georgia Group (BGEO) Competitors

Bank of Georgia Group (LON:BGEO) and Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is BGEO or CLDN a better dividend stock?

Bank of Georgia Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 240 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Caledonia Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Bank of Georgia Group pays out 2,774.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Caledonia Investments pays out 2,969.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bank of Georgia Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer BGEO or CLDN?

Bank of Georgia Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 5,900, suggesting a potential upside of 50.32%. Given Bank of Georgia Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bank of Georgia Group is more favorable than Caledonia Investments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank of Georgia Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Caledonia Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to BGEO or CLDN?

In the previous week, Bank of Georgia Group and Bank of Georgia Group both had 1 articles in the media. Caledonia Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Bank of Georgia Group's score of 0.54 indicating that Caledonia Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank of Georgia Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Caledonia Investments	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BGEO or CLDN?

Bank of Georgia Group received 207 more outperform votes than Caledonia Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.94% of users gave Bank of Georgia Group an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Caledonia Investments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of Georgia Group	Outperform Votes 349 73.94%	Underperform Votes 123 26.06%
Caledonia Investments	Outperform Votes 142 60.94%	Underperform Votes 91 39.06%

Is BGEO or CLDN more profitable?

Caledonia Investments has a net margin of 75.54% compared to Bank of Georgia Group's net margin of 57.38%. Bank of Georgia Group's return on equity of 30.15% beat Caledonia Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of Georgia Group	57.38%	30.15%	4.61%
Caledonia Investments	75.54%	4.47%	2.93%

Which has more volatility and risk, BGEO or CLDN?

Bank of Georgia Group has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caledonia Investments has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BGEO or CLDN?

Bank of Georgia Group has higher revenue and earnings than Caledonia Investments. Bank of Georgia Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caledonia Investments, 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
Bank of Georgia Group	£2.42B	0.73	£1.39B	£8.65	453.76
Caledonia Investments	£167.60M	11.00	£126.60M	£2.29	1,480.35

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BGEO or CLDN?

53.0% of Bank of Georgia Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.6% of Caledonia Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.6% of Bank of Georgia Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.0% of Caledonia Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Bank of Georgia Group beats Caledonia Investments on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.