Weiss Korea Opportunity (WKOF) Competitors

Mattioli Woods (LON:MTW) and Weiss Korea Opportunity (LON:WKOF) 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 dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Is MTW or WKOF a better dividend stock?

Mattioli Woods pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share. Weiss Korea Opportunity pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Mattioli Woods pays out 14,210.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Weiss Korea Opportunity pays out 50.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weiss Korea Opportunity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is MTW or WKOF more profitable?

Weiss Korea Opportunity has a net margin of 131.62% compared to Mattioli Woods' net margin of 8.59%. Weiss Korea Opportunity's return on equity of 5.86% beat Mattioli Woods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mattioli Woods	8.59%	4.38%	4.42%
Weiss Korea Opportunity	131.62%	5.86%	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals believe in MTW or WKOF?

55.3% of Mattioli Woods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of Mattioli Woods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MTW or WKOF?

Mattioli Woods has higher revenue and earnings than Weiss Korea Opportunity. Mattioli Woods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weiss Korea Opportunity, 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
Mattioli Woods	£115.40M	0.00	£9.91M	£0.19	N/A
Weiss Korea Opportunity	£5.20M	20.05	£6.84M	£9.88	15.23

Does the media prefer MTW or WKOF?

In the previous week, Mattioli Woods' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Weiss Korea Opportunity'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mattioli Woods	Neutral
Weiss Korea Opportunity	Neutral

Summary

Weiss Korea Opportunity beats Mattioli Woods on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.