Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust (AEET) Competitors

Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust (LON:AEET) and Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (LON:BASC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AEET or BASC?

83.9% of Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AEET or BASC?

Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust and Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust	N/A	N/A
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, AEET or BASC?

Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust has a beta of -0.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AEET or BASC more profitable?

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies has a net margin of 78.17% compared to Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust's net margin of 22.62%. Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies' return on equity of 5.60% beat Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust	22.62%	1.82%	2.90%
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	78.17%	5.60%	3.82%

Does the media favor AEET or BASC?

In the previous week, Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies had 1 more articles in the media than Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust. Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust	Neutral
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, AEET or BASC?

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust. Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust	£6.88M	6.24	£1.56M	£0.02	2,637.50
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	£12.15M	13.96	£9.50M	£0.80	1,787.50

Summary

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies beats Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.