Jarvis Securities (JIM) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, FCAP or JIM?

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

Is FCAP or JIM 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
Cavendish Financial	-17.16%	-18.69%	-9.31%
Jarvis Securities	25.37%	58.05%	32.97%

Is FCAP or JIM a better dividend stock?

Cavendish Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share. Jarvis Securities pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 42.2%. Cavendish Financial pays out -6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FCAP or JIM?

Jarvis Securities has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Cavendish Financial	£32.15M	0.00	-£5.52M	-£0.03	N/A
Jarvis Securities	£12.20M	0.61	£3.10M	£6.92	2.39

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FCAP or JIM?

Jarvis Securities received 101 more outperform votes than Cavendish Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.59% of users gave Cavendish Financial an outperform vote while only 68.90% of users gave Jarvis Securities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cavendish Financial	Outperform Votes 12 70.59%	Underperform Votes 5 29.41%
Jarvis Securities	Outperform Votes 113 68.90%	Underperform Votes 51 31.10%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FCAP or JIM?

9.2% of Cavendish Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Jarvis Securities shares are held by institutional investors. 85.6% of Cavendish Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 60.4% of Jarvis Securities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer FCAP or JIM?

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. Cavendish Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Jarvis Securities' score of -0.53 indicating that Cavendish Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cavendish Financial	Neutral
Jarvis Securities	Negative

Summary

Jarvis Securities beats Cavendish Financial on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.