Tavistock Investments (TAVI) Competitors

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

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

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CAV or TAVI?

Tavistock Investments has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Cavendish Financial	£48.69M	0.81	-£3.62M	-£1.14	-10.67
Tavistock Investments	£33.60M	0.81	-£1.08M	-£0.21	-27.20

Which has more risk & volatility, CAV or TAVI?

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

Is CAV or TAVI 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
Cavendish Financial	-7.44%	-8.98%	-5.44%
Tavistock Investments	-3.23%	-3.14%	-0.44%

Is CAV or TAVI a better dividend stock?

Cavendish Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.5%. Tavistock Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Cavendish Financial pays out -175.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tavistock Investments pays out -0.3% 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. Cavendish Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to CAV or TAVI?

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cavendish Financial	Neutral
Tavistock Investments	Neutral

Summary

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