NESF vs. PNL, QLT, FEV, AJB, RAT, BRW, WTAN, MYI, PIN, and FGT
Should you be buying NextEnergy Solar Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextEnergy Solar Fund include Personal Assets (PNL), Quilter (QLT), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), AJ Bell (AJB), Rathbones Group (RAT), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Murray International (MYI), Pantheon International (PIN), and Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
NextEnergy Solar Fund (LON:NESF) and Personal Assets (LON:PNL) 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 profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
Personal Assets has higher revenue and earnings than NextEnergy Solar Fund. NextEnergy Solar Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Personal Assets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Personal Assets received 18 more outperform votes than NextEnergy Solar Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.69% of users gave NextEnergy Solar Fund an outperform vote while only 61.02% of users gave Personal Assets an outperform vote.
Personal Assets' return on equity of 1.17% beat NextEnergy Solar Fund's return on equity.
NextEnergy Solar Fund has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Personal Assets has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Personal Assets had 1 more articles in the media than NextEnergy Solar Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Personal Assets and 0 mentions for NextEnergy Solar Fund. Personal Assets' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat NextEnergy Solar Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Personal Assets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
69.9% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Personal Assets shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Personal Assets shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NextEnergy Solar Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Personal Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Personal Assets pays out 12,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NextEnergy Solar Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Personal Assets beats NextEnergy Solar Fund on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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