Tatton Asset Management (TAM) Competitors

Tatton Asset Management (LON:TAM) and Personal Assets (LON:PNL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Which has more volatility and risk, TAM or PNL?

Tatton Asset Management has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Personal Assets has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TAM or PNL?

Personal Assets has higher revenue and earnings than Tatton Asset Management. Personal Assets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tatton Asset Management, 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
Tatton Asset Management	£37.17M	11.32	£13.50M	£22.18	31.38
Personal Assets	£107.31M	15.12	£124.81M	£39.23	12.97

Is TAM or PNL more profitable?

Personal Assets has a net margin of 116.31% compared to Tatton Asset Management's net margin of 36.32%. Tatton Asset Management's return on equity of 31.98% beat Personal Assets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tatton Asset Management	36.32%	31.98%	16.63%
Personal Assets	116.31%	7.96%	1.96%

Is TAM or PNL a better dividend stock?

Tatton Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Personal Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Tatton Asset Management pays out 72.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Personal Assets pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media refer more to TAM or PNL?

In the previous week, Tatton Asset Management and Tatton Asset Management both had 1 articles in the media. Tatton Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Personal Assets' score of 0.67 indicating that Tatton Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tatton Asset Management	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Personal Assets	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TAM or PNL?

64.8% of Tatton Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.0% of Personal Assets shares are held by institutional investors. 28.7% of Tatton Asset Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Personal Assets shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Tatton Asset Management beats Personal Assets on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.