FKE vs. WHI, AFN, QBT, TAVI, JIM, NBDG, WCW, WINV, ADA, and PTSB
Should you be buying Fiske stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fiske include WH Ireland Group (WHI), ADVFN (AFN), Quantum Blockchain Technologies (QBT), Tavistock Investments (TAVI), Jarvis Securities (JIM), NB Distressed Debt Investment Fund (NBDG), Walker Crips Group (WCW), Worsley Investors (WINV), Adams (ADA), and Permanent TSB Group (PTSB). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Fiske (LON:FKE) and WH Ireland Group (LON:WHI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.
Fiske has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WH Ireland Group. WH Ireland Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fiske, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fiske received 13 more outperform votes than WH Ireland Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.11% of users gave WH Ireland Group an outperform vote while only 61.67% of users gave Fiske an outperform vote.
Fiske has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WH Ireland Group has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fiske pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. WH Ireland Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 94.1%. Fiske pays out 2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. WH Ireland Group pays out -5,714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WH Ireland Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
8.7% of Fiske shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of WH Ireland Group shares are held by institutional investors. 73.1% of Fiske shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of WH Ireland Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Fiske had 2 more articles in the media than WH Ireland Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fiske and 0 mentions for WH Ireland Group. Fiske's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat WH Ireland Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Fiske is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fiske has a net margin of 8.83% compared to WH Ireland Group's net margin of -23.63%. Fiske's return on equity of 3.06% beat WH Ireland Group's return on equity.
Summary
Fiske beats WH Ireland Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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