Peel Hunt (PEEL) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend PEEL or PBEE?

PensionBee Group has a consensus target price of GBX 214.67, suggesting a potential upside of 33.75%. Given PensionBee Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PensionBee Group is more favorable than Peel Hunt.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Peel Hunt	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
PensionBee Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, PEEL or PBEE?

Peel Hunt has higher revenue and earnings than PensionBee Group. Peel Hunt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PensionBee 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	1.31	-£1.50M	-£1.29	-75.83
PensionBee Group	£29.68M	12.70	-£5.42M	-£2.32	-69.15

Which has more volatility & risk, PEEL or PBEE?

Peel Hunt has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PensionBee Group has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PEEL or PBEE?

In the previous week, Peel Hunt had 3 more articles in the media than PensionBee Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Peel Hunt and 1 mentions for PensionBee Group. PensionBee Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Peel Hunt's score of -0.03 indicating that PensionBee Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Peel Hunt	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
PensionBee Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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

27.1% of Peel Hunt shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.8% of PensionBee Group shares are held by institutional investors. 25.0% of Peel Hunt shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 47.2% of PensionBee Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PEEL or PBEE more profitable?

Peel Hunt has a net margin of -1.72% compared to PensionBee Group's net margin of -18.26%. Peel Hunt's return on equity of -1.78% beat PensionBee Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peel Hunt	-1.72%	-1.78%	-0.50%
PensionBee Group	-18.26%	-36.87%	-17.36%

Summary

Peel Hunt beats PensionBee Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.