Cavendish Financial (CAV) Competitors

Peel Hunt (LON:PEEL) and Cavendish Financial (LON:CAV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PEEL or CAV?

Peel Hunt has higher revenue and earnings than Cavendish Financial. Peel Hunt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cavendish Financial, 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
Peel Hunt	£87.00M	1.19	-£1.50M	-£1.29	-68.94
Cavendish Financial	£48.69M	0.74	-£3.62M	-£1.14	-9.68

Is PEEL or CAV a better dividend stock?

Peel Hunt pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Cavendish Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.2%. Peel Hunt pays out -233.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cavendish Financial pays out -175.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is PEEL or CAV more profitable?

Peel Hunt has a net margin of -1.72% compared to Cavendish Financial's net margin of -7.44%. Peel Hunt's return on equity of -1.78% beat Cavendish Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peel Hunt	-1.72%	-1.78%	-0.50%
Cavendish Financial	-7.44%	-8.98%	-5.44%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PEEL or CAV?

Peel Hunt and Cavendish Financial both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Peel Hunt	N/A	N/A
Cavendish Financial	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, PEEL or CAV?

Peel Hunt has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cavendish Financial has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PEEL or CAV?

27.1% of Peel Hunt shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.4% of Cavendish Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 25.0% of Peel Hunt shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 59.2% of Cavendish Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor PEEL or CAV?

In the previous week, Peel Hunt's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Cavendish Financial's score of -1.05 indicating that Peel Hunt is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Peel Hunt	Neutral
Cavendish Financial	Negative

Summary

Peel Hunt beats Cavendish Financial on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.