WH Ireland Group (WHI) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, TAVI or WHI?

Tavistock Investments has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WH Ireland Group has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TAVI or WHI?

0.1% of Tavistock Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of WH Ireland Group shares are held by institutional investors. 63.5% of Tavistock Investments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.9% of WH Ireland Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor TAVI or WHI?

In the previous week, Tavistock Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat WH Ireland Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Tavistock Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tavistock Investments	Positive
WH Ireland Group	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TAVI or WHI?

Tavistock Investments received 106 more outperform votes than WH Ireland Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.11% of users gave WH Ireland Group an outperform vote while only 69.29% of users gave Tavistock Investments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tavistock Investments	Outperform Votes 167 69.29%	Underperform Votes 74 30.71%
WH Ireland Group	Outperform Votes 61 70.11%	Underperform Votes 26 29.89%

Is TAVI or WHI a better dividend stock?

Tavistock Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. WH Ireland Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 166.7%. Tavistock Investments pays out -0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WH Ireland Group pays out -118.3% 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. WH Ireland Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is TAVI or WHI more profitable?

WH Ireland Group has a net margin of 1,018.70% compared to Tavistock Investments' net margin of -3.23%. Tavistock Investments' return on equity of -3.14% beat WH Ireland Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tavistock Investments	-3.23%	-3.14%	-0.44%
WH Ireland Group	1,018.70%	-42.45%	-2.03%

Which has better valuation & earnings, TAVI or WHI?

Tavistock Investments has higher revenue and earnings than WH Ireland Group. Tavistock Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WH Ireland Group, 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	0.60	-£1.08M	-£0.21	-19.97
WH Ireland Group	-£772.62K	-7.23	-£7.87M	-£3.38	-0.71

Summary

Tavistock Investments beats WH Ireland Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.