H C Slingsby (SLNG) Competitors

Petards Group (LON:PEG) and H C Slingsby (LON:SLNG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PEG or SLNG?

H C Slingsby has higher revenue and earnings than Petards Group. H C Slingsby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Petards 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
Petards Group	£10.27M	0.47	-£1.83M	-£2.89	-2.72
H C Slingsby	£23.14M	0.10	-£154.96K	-£14.06	-14.23

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PEG or SLNG?

9.2% of Petards Group shares are held by institutional investors. 53.7% of Petards Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 95.3% of H C Slingsby shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor PEG or SLNG?

In the previous week, Petards Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled H C Slingsby'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Petards Group	Neutral
H C Slingsby	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PEG or SLNG?

Petards Group received 105 more outperform votes than H C Slingsby when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.86% of users gave H C Slingsby an outperform vote while only 64.18% of users gave Petards Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Petards Group	Outperform Votes 129 64.18%	Underperform Votes 72 35.82%
H C Slingsby	Outperform Votes 24 64.86%	Underperform Votes 13 35.14%

Is PEG or SLNG more profitable?

H C Slingsby has a net margin of -0.67% compared to Petards Group's net margin of -17.77%. H C Slingsby's return on equity of -3.57% beat Petards Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Petards Group	-17.77%	-24.32%	-8.39%
H C Slingsby	-0.67%	-3.57%	0.40%

Which has more volatility & risk, PEG or SLNG?

Petards Group has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H C Slingsby has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

H C Slingsby beats Petards Group on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.