Chenavari Toro Income Fund (TORO) Competitors

Pacific Assets (LON:PAC) and Chenavari Toro Income Fund (LON:TORO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PAC or TORO?

43.6% of Pacific Assets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Chenavari Toro Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Pacific Assets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Chenavari Toro Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PAC or TORO?

Pacific Assets has higher revenue and earnings than Chenavari Toro Income Fund. Chenavari Toro Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pacific Assets, 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
Pacific Assets	£60.20M	7.00	£42.65M	£35.41	9.88
Chenavari Toro Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	-£0.03	-22.00

Does the media refer more to PAC or TORO?

In the previous week, Pacific Assets had 2 more articles in the media than Chenavari Toro Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pacific Assets and 0 mentions for Chenavari Toro Income Fund. Pacific Assets' average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Chenavari Toro Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Pacific Assets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pacific Assets	Neutral
Chenavari Toro Income Fund	Neutral

Is PAC or TORO more profitable?

Pacific Assets has a net margin of 70.84% compared to Chenavari Toro Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Chenavari Toro Income Fund's return on equity of 12.01% beat Pacific Assets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pacific Assets	70.84%	8.79%	0.07%
Chenavari Toro Income Fund	N/A	12.01%	N/A

Is PAC or TORO a better dividend stock?

Pacific Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Chenavari Toro Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 909.1%. Pacific Assets pays out 11.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chenavari Toro Income Fund pays out -20,000.0% 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. Chenavari Toro Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Pacific Assets beats Chenavari Toro Income Fund on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.