PAC vs. DAL, SQZ, ASC, SHIP, TORO, RYA, PAL, NSH, PXS, and ALK
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), Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP), Chenavari Toro Income Fund (TORO), Ryanair (RYA), Equatorial Palm Oil plc (PAL.L) (PAL), Norish (NSH), Provexis (PXS), and Alkemy Capital Investments (ALK). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Pacific Assets vs. Its Competitors
Dalata Hotel Group (LON:DAL) and Pacific Assets (LON:PAC) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.
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.
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.
Dalata Hotel Group has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacific Assets has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dalata Hotel Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 480, indicating a potential downside of 13.72%. Given Dalata Hotel Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dalata Hotel Group is more favorable than Pacific Assets.
In the previous week, Pacific Assets had 5 more articles in the media than Dalata Hotel Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Pacific Assets and 2 mentions for Dalata Hotel Group. Pacific Assets' average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Dalata Hotel Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Pacific Assets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dalata Hotel Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Pacific Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Dalata Hotel Group pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pacific Assets pays out 11.3% 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.
66.0% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.6% of Pacific Assets shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Pacific Assets shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Dalata Hotel Group beats Pacific Assets on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:PAC) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
