CAV vs. AGFX, JIM, TAVI, QBT, ARB, WHI, PEEL, DFCH, CBA, and CLC
Should you be buying Cavendish Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cavendish Financial include Argentex Group (AGFX), Jarvis Securities (JIM), Tavistock Investments (TAVI), Quantum Blockchain Technologies (QBT), Argo Blockchain (ARB), WH Ireland Group (WHI), Peel Hunt (PEEL), Distribution Finance Capital (DFCH), CEIBA Investments (CBA), and Calculus VCT (CLC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Cavendish Financial (LON:CAV) and Argentex Group (LON:AGFX) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
5.9% of Cavendish Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.5% of Argentex Group shares are held by institutional investors. 56.4% of Cavendish Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.6% of Argentex Group 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.
Cavendish Financial has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Argentex Group has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cavendish Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.2%. Argentex Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Cavendish Financial pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Argentex Group pays out 3,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cavendish Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Argentex Group has a net margin of 16.18% compared to Cavendish Financial's net margin of -12.59%. Argentex Group's return on equity of 27.54% beat Cavendish Financial's return on equity.
Argentex Group received 11 more outperform votes than Cavendish Financial when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Cavendish Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Argentex Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Cavendish Financial and 0 mentions for Argentex Group. Cavendish Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Argentex Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Cavendish Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Argentex Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cavendish Financial. Cavendish Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Argentex Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Argentex Group beats Cavendish Financial on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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