Palace Capital (PCA) Competitors

Palace Capital (LON:PCA) and Real Estate Investors (LON:RLE) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate PCA or RLE?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Palace Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Real Estate Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor PCA or RLE?

In the previous week, Real Estate Investors had 15 more articles in the media than Palace Capital. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Real Estate Investors and 0 mentions for Palace Capital. Real Estate Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Palace Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Real Estate Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Palace Capital	Neutral
Real Estate Investors	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PCA or RLE?

Real Estate Investors received 137 more outperform votes than Palace Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 86.15% of users gave Real Estate Investors an outperform vote while only 66.82% of users gave Palace Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Palace Capital	Outperform Votes 143 66.82%	Underperform Votes 71 33.18%
Real Estate Investors	Outperform Votes 280 86.15%	Underperform Votes 45 13.85%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PCA or RLE?

75.2% of Palace Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Real Estate Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 21.2% of Palace Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.3% of Real Estate Investors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PCA or RLE more profitable?

Real Estate Investors has a net margin of 15.01% compared to Palace Capital's net margin of -76.56%. Real Estate Investors' return on equity of 1.69% beat Palace Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Palace Capital	-76.56%	-17.72%	3.19%
Real Estate Investors	15.01%	1.69%	2.11%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PCA or RLE?

Real Estate Investors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Palace Capital. Palace Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Real Estate Investors, 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
Palace Capital	£30.74M	3.03	-£23.54M	-£0.53	-467.92
Real Estate Investors	£12.18M	4.85	£1.83M	£0.01	3,400.00

Is PCA or RLE a better dividend stock?

Palace Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Real Estate Investors pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Palace Capital pays out -2,830.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Real Estate Investors pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility and risk, PCA or RLE?

Palace Capital has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Real Estate Investors has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Real Estate Investors beats Palace Capital on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.