Carador Income Fund plc (CIFU.L) (LON:CIFU) and EIH plc (EIH.L) (LON:EIH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Dividends
Carador Income Fund plc (CIFU.L) pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 38.9%. EIH plc (EIH.L) pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2,000.0%. Carador Income Fund plc (CIFU.L) pays out -70.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EIH plc (EIH.L) pays out -2,702.7% 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. EIH plc (EIH.L) is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Profitability
This table compares Carador Income Fund plc (CIFU.L) and EIH plc (EIH.L)'s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Carador Income Fund plc (CIFU.L) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
EIH plc (EIH.L) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Carador Income Fund plc (CIFU.L) and EIH plc (EIH.L), as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Carador Income Fund plc (CIFU.L) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
EIH plc (EIH.L) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Carador Income Fund plc (CIFU.L) and EIH plc (EIH.L)'s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Carador Income Fund plc (CIFU.L) | £21.72 million | 0.00 | N/A | GBX (0.10) | -1.82 |
EIH plc (EIH.L) | £-1,820,419.00 | -0.02 | N/A | GBX (0.04) | -1.35 |
Carador Income Fund plc (CIFU.L) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EIH plc (EIH.L), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
EIH plc (EIH.L) beats Carador Income Fund plc (CIFU.L) on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.