Jarvis Securities (JIM) Competitors

Jarvis Securities (LON:JIM) and Cavendish Financial (LON:FCAP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Is JIM or FCAP more profitable?

Jarvis Securities has a net margin of 25.37% compared to Cavendish Financial's net margin of -17.16%. Jarvis Securities' return on equity of 58.05% beat Cavendish Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jarvis Securities	25.37%	58.05%	32.97%
Cavendish Financial	-17.16%	-18.69%	-9.31%

Which has more volatility and risk, JIM or FCAP?

Jarvis Securities has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cavendish Financial has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JIM or FCAP a better dividend stock?

Jarvis Securities pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 35.0%. Cavendish Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share. Jarvis Securities pays out 101.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cavendish Financial pays out -6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, JIM or FCAP?

Jarvis Securities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cavendish Financial. Cavendish Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jarvis Securities, 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
Jarvis Securities	£12.20M	0.73	£3.10M	£6.92	2.89
Cavendish Financial	£32.15M	0.00	-£5.52M	-£0.03	N/A

Does the media refer more to JIM or FCAP?

In the previous week, Jarvis Securities had 1 more articles in the media than Cavendish Financial. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Jarvis Securities and 0 mentions for Cavendish Financial. Jarvis Securities' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Cavendish Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Jarvis Securities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Jarvis Securities	Positive
Cavendish Financial	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in JIM or FCAP?

0.3% of Jarvis Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.2% of Cavendish Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.4% of Jarvis Securities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 85.6% of Cavendish Financial shares are owned 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.

Summary

Jarvis Securities beats Cavendish Financial on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.