Peel Hunt (PEEL) Competitors

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

Is PBEE or PEEL 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
PensionBee Group	-18.26%	-36.87%	-17.36%
Peel Hunt	-1.72%	-1.78%	-0.50%

Do analysts recommend PBEE or PEEL?

PensionBee Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 214.67, indicating a potential upside of 24.82%. Given PensionBee Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PensionBee Group is more favorable than Peel Hunt.

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PBEE or PEEL?

Peel Hunt has higher revenue and earnings than PensionBee Group. PensionBee Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peel Hunt, 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
PensionBee Group	£29.68M	13.61	-£5.42M	-£2.32	-74.10
Peel Hunt	£87.00M	1.22	-£1.50M	-£1.29	-70.77

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PBEE or PEEL?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, PBEE or PEEL?

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

Does the media prefer PBEE or PEEL?

In the previous week, PensionBee Group had 2 more articles in the media than Peel Hunt. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PensionBee Group and 0 mentions for Peel Hunt. PensionBee Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Peel Hunt's score of 0.00 indicating that PensionBee Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
PensionBee Group	Positive
Peel Hunt	Neutral

Summary

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