Panther Securities (PNS) Competitors

Panther Securities (LON:PNS) and Foxtons Group (LON:FOXT) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Is PNS or FOXT a better dividend stock?

Panther Securities pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Foxtons Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Panther Securities pays out 288.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Foxtons Group pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PNS or FOXT?

Foxtons Group has higher revenue and earnings than Panther Securities. Foxtons Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Panther 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
Panther Securities	£15.54M	3.40	£721.34K	£4.15	73.32
Foxtons Group	£156.07M	1.30	£7.32M	£2.39	27.86

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PNS or FOXT?

75.0% of Foxtons Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 90.5% of Panther Securities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Foxtons Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PNS or FOXT more profitable?

Foxtons Group has a net margin of 4.69% compared to Panther Securities' net margin of 4.64%. Foxtons Group's return on equity of 5.66% beat Panther Securities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Panther Securities	4.64%	0.64%	2.34%
Foxtons Group	4.69%	5.66%	2.96%

Which has more risk & volatility, PNS or FOXT?

Panther Securities has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foxtons Group has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PNS or FOXT?

In the previous week, Foxtons Group had 1 more articles in the media than Panther Securities. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Foxtons Group and 1 mentions for Panther Securities. Panther Securities' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Foxtons Group's score of 1.03 indicating that Panther Securities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Panther Securities	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Foxtons Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Foxtons Group beats Panther Securities on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.