Palace Capital (PCA) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer TOWN or PCA?

In the previous week, Palace Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Town Centre Securities. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Palace Capital and 2 mentions for Town Centre Securities. Town Centre Securities' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Palace Capital's score of -0.21 indicating that Palace Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Town Centre Securities	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Palace Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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

9.6% of Town Centre Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of Palace Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.9% of Town Centre Securities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, TOWN or PCA?

Town Centre Securities has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palace Capital has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TOWN or PCA a better dividend stock?

Town Centre Securities pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Palace Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Town Centre Securities pays out -833.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Palace Capital pays out -2,830.2% 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. Palace Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer TOWN or PCA?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Town Centre Securities	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Palace Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TOWN or PCA?

Town Centre Securities received 170 more outperform votes than Palace Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.82% of users gave Town Centre Securities an outperform vote while only 66.82% of users gave Palace Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Town Centre Securities	Outperform Votes 313 73.82%	Underperform Votes 111 26.18%
Palace Capital	Outperform Votes 143 66.82%	Underperform Votes 71 33.18%

Is TOWN or PCA more profitable?

Town Centre Securities has a net margin of -57.35% compared to Town Centre Securities' net margin of -76.56%. Palace Capital's return on equity of -12.79% beat Town Centre Securities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Town Centre Securities	-57.35%	-12.79%	1.89%
Palace Capital	-76.56%	-17.72%	3.19%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TOWN or PCA?

Town Centre Securities has higher revenue and earnings than Palace Capital. Palace Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Town Centre Securities, 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
Town Centre Securities	£30.81M	1.93	-£17.67M	-£0.60	-235.00
Palace Capital	£30.74M	2.94	-£23.54M	-£0.53	-454.72

Summary

Town Centre Securities beats Palace Capital on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.