Cavendish Financial (CAV) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, PEEL or CAV?

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

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

18.8% of Peel Hunt shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Cavendish Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 17.6% of Peel Hunt shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.5% of Cavendish Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher 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	£91.31M	1.37	-£1.50M	-£0.02	-4,695.65
Cavendish Financial	£55.65M	0.77	-£3.62M	£0.00	6,066.67

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 media prefer PEEL or CAV?

In the previous week, Cavendish Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Peel Hunt. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Cavendish Financial and 0 mentions for Peel Hunt. Peel Hunt's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Cavendish Financial's score of -0.59 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 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.