Cardiff Property (CDFF) Competitors

First Property Group (LON:FPO) and Cardiff Property (LON:CDFF) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is FPO or CDFF more profitable?

Cardiff Property has a net margin of 93.85% compared to Cardiff Property's net margin of -18.05%. First Property Group's return on equity of 3.73% beat Cardiff Property's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Property Group	-18.05%	-2.18%	0.01%
Cardiff Property	93.85%	3.73%	2.41%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FPO or CDFF?

23.6% of First Property Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of Cardiff Property shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.7% of First Property Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 75.1% of Cardiff Property shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FPO or CDFF?

First Property Group received 86 more outperform votes than Cardiff Property when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.07% of users gave First Property Group an outperform vote while only 67.27% of users gave Cardiff Property an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Property Group	Outperform Votes 160 72.07%	Underperform Votes 62 27.93%
Cardiff Property	Outperform Votes 74 67.27%	Underperform Votes 36 32.73%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FPO or CDFF?

Cardiff Property has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Property Group. First Property 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
First Property Group	£7.03M	3.03	-£1.27M	-£0.01	-1,922.00
Cardiff Property	£1.19M	20.10	£1.11M	£1.05	2,190.48

Does the media prefer FPO or CDFF?

In the previous week, Cardiff Property's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat First Property Group's score of 0.00 indicating that First Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Property Group	Neutral
Cardiff Property	Neutral

Do analysts prefer FPO or CDFF?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Property Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Cardiff Property	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is FPO or CDFF a better dividend stock?

First Property Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Cardiff Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. First Property Group pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cardiff Property pays out 2,095.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Property Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, FPO or CDFF?

First Property Group has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cardiff Property has a beta of -0.1, suggesting that its stock price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Property Group and Cardiff Property tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.