Petrofac (PFC) Competitors

Finsbury Food Group (LON:FIF) and Petrofac (LON:PFC) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FIF or PFC?

Petrofac received 629 more outperform votes than Finsbury Food Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.05% of users gave Petrofac an outperform vote while only 52.92% of users gave Finsbury Food Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Finsbury Food Group	Outperform Votes 127 52.92%	Underperform Votes 113 47.08%
Petrofac	Outperform Votes 756 71.05%	Underperform Votes 308 28.95%

Does the media favor FIF or PFC?

In the previous week, Petrofac had 1 more articles in the media than Finsbury Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Petrofac and 0 mentions for Finsbury Food Group. Finsbury Food Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Petrofac's score of -0.39 indicating that Finsbury Food Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Finsbury Food Group	Neutral
Petrofac	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, FIF or PFC?

Finsbury Food Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Petrofac. Petrofac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finsbury Food 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
Finsbury Food Group	£413.74M	0.00	£10.77M	£0.08	N/A
Petrofac	£3.30B	0.01	-£714.53M	-£81.55	-0.07

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FIF or PFC?

65.7% of Finsbury Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Petrofac shares are held by institutional investors. 24.5% of Finsbury Food Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of Petrofac shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is FIF or PFC a better dividend stock?

Finsbury Food Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. Petrofac pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 508.5%. Finsbury Food Group pays out 3,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Petrofac pays out -36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petrofac is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is FIF or PFC more profitable?

Finsbury Food Group has a net margin of 2.60% compared to Petrofac's net margin of -21.67%. Petrofac's return on equity of 108.19% beat Finsbury Food Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Finsbury Food Group	2.60%	9.29%	5.12%
Petrofac	-21.67%	108.19%	-9.55%

Which has more risk and volatility, FIF or PFC?

Finsbury Food Group has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petrofac has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Finsbury Food Group and Petrofac tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.