Cannae (CNNE) vs. Its Rivals Head to Head Contrast

Cannae (NYSE:CNNE) is one of 341 public companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Cannae to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Cannae and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cannae	-38.18%	-14.10%	-10.60%
Cannae Competitors	-409.63%	-16.12%	-6.09%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Cannae and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cannae	1	0	2	0	2.33
Cannae Competitors	1974	6879	11623	443	2.50

Cannae presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.60%. As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential downside of 4.04%. Given Cannae’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cannae has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

Cannae has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cannae’s peers have a beta of 2.50, indicating that their average share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Cannae and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cannae	$423.60 million	-$513.20 million	-5.90
Cannae Competitors	$24.29 billion	$1.07 billion	8.63

Cannae’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Cannae. Cannae is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Cannae pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Cannae pays out -19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Financial Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.2% and pay out -69.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Cannae lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

88.1% of Cannae shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 10.9% of Cannae shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cannae peers beat Cannae on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

Cannae Company Profile

Cannae Holdings, Inc. is a principal investment firm. The firm primarily invests in restaurants, technology enabled healthcare services, financial services and more. It takes both minority and majority stakes. Cannae Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.