Duke Capital (DUKE) Competitors

Pantheon Infrastructure (LON:PINT) and Duke Capital (LON:DUKE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has better valuation & earnings, PINT or DUKE?

Duke Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Pantheon Infrastructure. Duke Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pantheon Infrastructure, 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
Pantheon Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	£77.74M	£16.43	6.30
Duke Capital	£29.70M	4.19	£418.18M	£101.23	0.30

Is PINT or DUKE a better dividend stock?

Pantheon Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Duke Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Pantheon Infrastructure pays out 24.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Duke Capital pays out 3.0% 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. Duke Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, PINT or DUKE?

Pantheon Infrastructure has a beta of 0.1, meaning that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Duke Capital has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PINT or DUKE?

81.6% of Pantheon Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of Duke Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Pantheon Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Duke Capital shares are owned by 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 media prefer PINT or DUKE?

In the previous week, Pantheon Infrastructure had 3 more articles in the media than Duke Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pantheon Infrastructure and 1 mentions for Duke Capital. Pantheon Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Duke Capital's score of 0.67 indicating that Pantheon Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pantheon Infrastructure	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Duke Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PINT or DUKE more profitable?

Duke Capital has a net margin of 1,408.25% compared to Pantheon Infrastructure's net margin of 0.00%. Duke Capital's return on equity of 255.49% beat Pantheon Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pantheon Infrastructure	N/A	14.91%	-0.84%
Duke Capital	1,408.25%	255.49%	5.61%

Do analysts prefer PINT or DUKE?

Duke Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 46, suggesting a potential upside of 53.33%. Given Duke Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Duke Capital is more favorable than Pantheon Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pantheon Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Duke Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Duke Capital beats Pantheon Infrastructure on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.