Pacific Assets (PAC) 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Is PAC or DAL a better dividend stock?

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 -23.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dalata Hotel Group pays out 10.0% 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. Pacific Assets is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is PAC or DAL more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pacific Assets	70.84%	8.79%	0.07%
Dalata Hotel Group	13.44%	5.96%	3.89%

Do analysts recommend PAC or DAL?

Dalata Hotel Group has a consensus target price of GBX 480, suggesting a potential downside of 12.87%. Given Dalata Hotel Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dalata Hotel Group is more favorable than Pacific Assets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pacific Assets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Dalata Hotel Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PAC or DAL?

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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PAC or DAL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pacific Assets	-£25.02M	-16.66	£42.65M	-£0.21	-1,695.18
Dalata Hotel Group	£607.70M	1.92	£94.71M	£0.40	1,380.70

Which has more volatility and risk, PAC or DAL?

Pacific Assets has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dalata Hotel Group has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PAC or DAL?

In the previous week, Pacific Assets had 1 more articles in the media than Dalata Hotel Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pacific Assets and 2 mentions for Dalata Hotel Group. Dalata Hotel Group's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Pacific Assets' score of 0.50 indicating that Dalata Hotel Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pacific Assets	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dalata Hotel Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Dalata Hotel Group beats Pacific Assets on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.