Cavendish Financial (CAV) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AGFX or CAV?

Argentex Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cavendish Financial. Cavendish Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Argentex 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
Argentex Group	£49.90M	0.81	£5.10M	£0.08	445.00
Cavendish Financial	£29.23M	1.65	-£3.68M	-£0.02	-625.00

Do analysts prefer AGFX or CAV?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Argentex Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Cavendish Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AGFX or CAV?

49.9% of Argentex Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.9% of Cavendish Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 25.7% of Argentex Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.6% of Cavendish Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AGFX or CAV?

Argentex Group received 11 more outperform votes than Cavendish Financial when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Argentex Group	Outperform Votes 11 73.33%	Underperform Votes 4 26.67%
Cavendish Financial	N/A	N/A

Is AGFX or CAV more profitable?

Argentex Group has a net margin of 10.22% compared to Argentex Group's net margin of -12.59%. Cavendish Financial's return on equity of 12.78% beat Argentex Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Argentex Group	10.22%	12.78%	4.42%
Cavendish Financial	-12.59%	-10.51%	-6.17%

Is AGFX or CAV a better dividend stock?

Argentex Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Cavendish Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.0%. Argentex Group pays out 3,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cavendish Financial pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cavendish Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor AGFX or CAV?

In the previous week, Argentex Group and Argentex Group both had 3 articles in the media. Cavendish Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Argentex Group's score of 0.25 indicating that Argentex Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Argentex Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cavendish Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, AGFX or CAV?

Argentex Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cavendish Financial has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Argentex Group beats Cavendish Financial on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.