Starwood European Real Estate Finance (SWEF) Competitors

Starwood European Real Estate Finance (LON:SWEF) and Apax Global Alpha (LON:APAX) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Is SWEF or APAX more profitable?

Starwood European Real Estate Finance has a net margin of 80.09% compared to Apax Global Alpha's net margin of 45.55%. Starwood European Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 6.79% beat Apax Global Alpha's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Starwood European Real Estate Finance	80.09%	6.79%	N/A
Apax Global Alpha	45.55%	0.27%	2.57%

Is SWEF or APAX a better dividend stock?

Starwood European Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Apax Global Alpha pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Starwood European Real Estate Finance pays out 90.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apax Global Alpha pays out 1,866.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Starwood European Real Estate Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to SWEF or APAX?

In the previous week, Starwood European Real Estate Finance and Starwood European Real Estate Finance both had 1 articles in the media. Starwood European Real Estate Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Apax Global Alpha's score of 0.00 indicating that Starwood European Real Estate Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Starwood European Real Estate Finance	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Apax Global Alpha	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, SWEF or APAX?

Starwood European Real Estate Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Apax Global Alpha. Starwood European Real Estate Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apax Global Alpha, 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
Starwood European Real Estate Finance	£22.57M	10.32	£18.07M	£6.66	12.90
Apax Global Alpha	£9.05M	105.84	£4.12M	£0.59	278.24

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SWEF or APAX?

80.3% of Starwood European Real Estate Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.5% of Apax Global Alpha shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Starwood European Real Estate Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.4% of Apax Global Alpha shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Starwood European Real Estate Finance beats Apax Global Alpha on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.