PAC vs. DAL, SQZ, ASC, RYA, SAVE, PAL, NSH, ALK, PXS, and SHIP
Should you be buying Pacific Assets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pacific Assets include Dalata Hotel Group (DAL), Serica Energy (SQZ), ASOS (ASC), Ryanair (RYA), Savannah Energy (SAVE), Equatorial Palm Oil plc (PAL.L) (PAL), Norish (NSH), Alkemy Capital Investments (ALK), Provexis (PXS), and Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Pacific Assets vs. Its Competitors
Pacific Assets (LON:PAC) and Dalata Hotel Group (LON:DAL) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
Dalata Hotel Group has higher revenue and earnings than Pacific Assets. Pacific Assets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dalata Hotel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pacific Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Dalata Hotel Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Pacific Assets pays out -0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dalata Hotel Group pays out 0.1% 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. Pacific Assets is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
7.9% of Pacific Assets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Pacific Assets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pacific Assets has a net margin of 70.84% compared to Dalata Hotel Group's net margin of 13.44%. Pacific Assets' return on equity of 8.79% beat Dalata Hotel Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Pacific Assets had 9 more articles in the media than Dalata Hotel Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Pacific Assets and 0 mentions for Dalata Hotel Group. Pacific Assets' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Dalata Hotel Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Pacific Assets is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pacific Assets has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dalata Hotel Group has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Dalata Hotel Group beats Pacific Assets on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:PAC) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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