Peel Hunt (PEEL) Competitors

Peel Hunt (LON:PEEL) and K3 Capital Group (LON:K3C) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Is PEEL or K3C more profitable?

K3 Capital Group has a net margin of 13.50% compared to Peel Hunt's net margin of -1.72%. K3 Capital Group's return on equity of 16.48% beat Peel Hunt's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peel Hunt	-1.72%	-1.78%	-0.50%
K3 Capital Group	13.50%	16.48%	10.58%

Does the media refer more to PEEL or K3C?

In the previous week, Peel Hunt's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled K3 Capital Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Peel Hunt	Neutral
K3 Capital Group	Neutral

Is PEEL or K3C a better dividend stock?

Peel Hunt pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. K3 Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share. Peel Hunt pays out -233.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. K3 Capital Group pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Peel Hunt is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, PEEL or K3C?

Peel Hunt has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, K3 Capital Group has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PEEL or K3C?

27.1% of Peel Hunt shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.4% of K3 Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 25.0% of Peel Hunt shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.5% of K3 Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PEEL or K3C?

K3 Capital Group received 114 more outperform votes than Peel Hunt when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Peel Hunt	N/A	N/A
K3 Capital Group	Outperform Votes 114 62.98%	Underperform Votes 67 37.02%

Which has better valuation and earnings, PEEL or K3C?

K3 Capital Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Peel Hunt. Peel Hunt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than K3 Capital 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
Peel Hunt	£87.00M	0.97	-£1.50M	-£1.29	-56.38
K3 Capital Group	£70.65M	0.00	£9.54M	£0.12	N/A

Summary

K3 Capital Group beats Peel Hunt on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.