Tavistock Investments (TAVI) Competitors

Tavistock Investments (LON:TAVI) and Cavendish Financial (LON:CAV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TAVI or CAV?

Tavistock Investments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cavendish Financial. Tavistock Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cavendish Financial, 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
Tavistock Investments	£33.60M	0.56	-£1.08M	-£0.21	-18.83
Cavendish Financial	£48.69M	0.83	-£3.62M	-£1.14	-10.98

Which has more volatility and risk, TAVI or CAV?

Tavistock Investments has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cavendish Financial has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TAVI or CAV more profitable?

Tavistock Investments has a net margin of -3.23% compared to Cavendish Financial's net margin of -7.44%. Tavistock Investments' return on equity of -3.14% beat Cavendish Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tavistock Investments	-3.23%	-3.14%	-0.44%
Cavendish Financial	-7.44%	-8.98%	-5.44%

Does the media favor TAVI or CAV?

In the previous week, Tavistock Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Cavendish Financial'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tavistock Investments	Neutral
Cavendish Financial	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TAVI or CAV?

0.1% of Tavistock Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.4% of Cavendish Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 63.5% of Tavistock Investments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 59.2% of Cavendish Financial 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.

Is TAVI or CAV a better dividend stock?

Tavistock Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Cavendish Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.0%. Tavistock Investments pays out -0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cavendish Financial pays out -175.9% 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. Cavendish Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Cavendish Financial beats Tavistock Investments on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.