AEET vs. WKOF, DDV1, AEFS, CMPG, BHIB, PMI, BHI, VIN, JGCI, and MGR
Should you be buying Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust include Weiss Korea Opportunity (WKOF), Downing One VCT (DDV1), Alcentra European Floating Rate Income Fund (AEFS), CT Global Managed Portfolio Growth (CMPG), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHIB), Premier Miton Group (PMI), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHI), Value And Income Trust Plc (VIN.L) (VIN), JPMorgan Global Equity Income Fund (JGCI), and Miton Group (MGR). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust vs. Its Competitors
Weiss Korea Opportunity (LON:WKOF) and Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust (LON:AEET) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.
Weiss Korea Opportunity has a net margin of 131.62% compared to Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust's net margin of 27.99%. Weiss Korea Opportunity's return on equity of 5.86% beat Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust's return on equity.
Weiss Korea Opportunity pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.2%. Weiss Korea Opportunity pays out 50.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust pays out 372.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
74.0% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust shares are held 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.
Weiss Korea Opportunity has higher revenue and earnings than Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust. Weiss Korea Opportunity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Weiss Korea Opportunity's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Weiss Korea Opportunity beats Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:AEET) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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