Caledonia Investments (CLDN) Competitors

St. James's Place (LON:STJ) and Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, STJ or CLDN?

St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caledonia Investments has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to STJ or CLDN?

In the previous week, St. James's Place had 5 more articles in the media than Caledonia Investments. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for St. James's Place and 1 mentions for Caledonia Investments. Caledonia Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat St. James' Place's score of 0.42 indicating that Caledonia Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
St. James's Place	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Caledonia Investments	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend STJ or CLDN?

St. James's Place presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,170, suggesting a potential downside of 3.62%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than Caledonia Investments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
St. James's Place	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Caledonia Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in STJ or CLDN?

79.6% of St. James's Place shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.9% of Caledonia Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.2% of Caledonia Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is STJ or CLDN more profitable?

Caledonia Investments has a net margin of 86.28% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.02%. Caledonia Investments' return on equity of 6.98% beat St. James' Place's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
St. James's Place	-0.02%	-0.63%	0.22%
Caledonia Investments	86.28%	6.98%	4.23%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, STJ or CLDN?

Caledonia Investments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than St. James's Place. St. James's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caledonia Investments, 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
St. James's Place	£26.27B	0.25	-£6.46M	-£1.19	-1,017.51
Caledonia Investments	£231.70M	8.23	£199.92M	£374.36	9.54

Is STJ or CLDN a better dividend stock?

St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Caledonia Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. St. James's Place pays out -1,173.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caledonia Investments pays out 18.7% 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.

Summary

Caledonia Investments beats St. James's Place on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.