Panther Securities (PNS) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, FOXT or PNS?

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

Does the media refer more to FOXT or PNS?

In the previous week, Panther Securities had 1 more articles in the media than Foxtons Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Panther Securities and 1 mentions for Foxtons Group. Panther Securities' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Foxtons Group's score of 0.37 indicating that Panther Securities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FOXT or PNS?

Foxtons Group received 221 more outperform votes than Panther Securities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.69% of users gave Foxtons Group an outperform vote while only 47.96% of users gave Panther Securities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Foxtons Group	Outperform Votes 268 59.69%	Underperform Votes 181 40.31%
Panther Securities	Outperform Votes 47 47.96%	Underperform Votes 51 52.04%

Is FOXT or PNS a better dividend stock?

Foxtons Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Panther Securities pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Foxtons Group pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FOXT or PNS?

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FOXT or PNS?

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
Foxtons Group	£156.07M	1.23	£7.32M	£2.39	26.40
Panther Securities	£15.54M	3.42	£721.34K	£4.15	73.68

Is FOXT or PNS 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
Foxtons Group	4.69%	5.66%	2.96%
Panther Securities	4.64%	0.64%	2.34%

Summary

Foxtons Group beats Panther Securities on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.