CFX vs. MCB, SHG, FIF, IES, RM, SBSI, OFG, FCAP, OBT, and PFC
Should you be buying Colefax Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Colefax Group include McBride (MCB), Shanta Gold (SHG), Finsbury Food Group (FIF), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), RM (RM), Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (SBSI), Octopus Future Generations VCT (OFG), Cavendish Financial (FCAP), Obtala (OBT), and Petrofac (PFC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Colefax Group vs. Its Competitors
McBride (LON:MCB) and Colefax Group (LON:CFX) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, McBride had 16 more articles in the media than Colefax Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for McBride and 0 mentions for Colefax Group. McBride's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Colefax Group's score of 0.00 indicating that McBride is being referred to more favorably in the media.
McBride has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colefax Group has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
72.7% of McBride shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Colefax Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of McBride shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.5% of Colefax Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Colefax Group has a consensus price target of GBX 870, indicating a potential upside of 2.35%. Given Colefax Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Colefax Group is more favorable than McBride.
McBride has higher revenue and earnings than Colefax Group. McBride is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colefax Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
McBride pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Colefax Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. McBride pays out 5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colefax Group pays out 6.4% 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. McBride is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Colefax Group has a net margin of 5.41% compared to McBride's net margin of 3.56%. McBride's return on equity of 62.24% beat Colefax Group's return on equity.
Summary
McBride beats Colefax Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CFX) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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