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 businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	9.16	£11.30M	£2.29	23.56
Palace Capital	£15.15M	4.23	£24.99M	£85.89	2.57

Which has more risk and volatility, SREI or PCA?

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

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Does the media prefer SREI or PCA?

In the previous week, Schroder Real Estate Invest had 1 more articles in the media than Palace Capital. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Schroder Real Estate Invest and 1 mentions for Palace Capital. Schroder Real Estate Invest's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Palace Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Schroder Real Estate Invest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Schroder Real Estate Invest	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Palace Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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 5.6%. Palace Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. 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 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.