Palace Capital (PCA) Competitors

Schroder Real Estate Invest (LON:SREI) and Palace Capital (LON:PCA) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SREI or PCA?

Palace Capital received 55 more outperform votes than Schroder Real Estate Invest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.51% of users gave Palace Capital an outperform vote while only 63.31% of users gave Schroder Real Estate Invest an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Schroder Real Estate Invest	Outperform Votes 88 63.31%	Underperform Votes 51 36.69%
Palace Capital	Outperform Votes 143 66.51%	Underperform Votes 72 33.49%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SREI or PCA?

52.8% of Schroder Real Estate Invest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Palace Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Schroder Real Estate Invest shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Palace Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SREI or PCA more profitable?

Palace Capital has a net margin of 164.89% compared to Schroder Real Estate Invest's net margin of 39.02%. Palace Capital's return on equity of 31.11% beat Schroder Real Estate Invest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroder Real Estate Invest	39.02%	3.89%	2.88%
Palace Capital	164.89%	31.11%	2.33%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SREI or PCA?

Palace Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Schroder Real Estate Invest. Palace Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder Real Estate Invest, 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
Schroder Real Estate Invest	£28.96M	8.99	£11.30M	£2.29	23.13
Palace Capital	£15.15M	4.30	£24.99M	£85.89	2.62

Do analysts recommend SREI or PCA?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Schroder Real Estate Invest	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Palace Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk & volatility, SREI or PCA?

Schroder Real Estate Invest has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palace Capital has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SREI or PCA?

In the previous week, Schroder Real Estate Invest's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Palace Capital's score of 0.55 indicating that Schroder Real Estate Invest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Schroder Real Estate Invest	Positive
Palace Capital	Positive

Is SREI or PCA a better dividend stock?

Schroder Real Estate Invest pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Palace Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Schroder Real Estate Invest pays out 130.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Palace Capital pays out 17.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Palace Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Palace Capital beats Schroder Real Estate Invest on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.