Cardiff Property (CDFF) Competitors

Belvoir Group (LON:BLV) and Cardiff Property (LON:CDFF) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BLV or CDFF?

Belvoir Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cardiff Property. Belvoir Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cardiff Property, 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
Belvoir Group	£34.24M	0.00	£7.54M	£0.20	N/A
Cardiff Property	£1.35M	20.92	£1.21M	£111.93	23.94

Does the media refer more to BLV or CDFF?

In the previous week, Belvoir Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Cardiff Property'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Belvoir Group	Neutral
Cardiff Property	Neutral

Is BLV or CDFF a better dividend stock?

Belvoir Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share. Cardiff Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Belvoir Group pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cardiff Property pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cardiff Property is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is BLV or CDFF more profitable?

Cardiff Property has a net margin of 89.05% compared to Belvoir Group's net margin of 22.02%. Belvoir Group's return on equity of 20.00% beat Cardiff Property's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Belvoir Group	22.02%	20.00%	11.42%
Cardiff Property	89.05%	3.96%	2.40%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BLV or CDFF?

67.9% of Belvoir Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of Cardiff Property shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.4% of Belvoir Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 74.5% of Cardiff Property shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, BLV or CDFF?

Belvoir Group has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cardiff Property has a beta of -0.11, meaning that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Belvoir Group beats Cardiff Property on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.