Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust (AEET) Competitors

Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust (LON:AEET) and Schroder Income Growth (LON:SCF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability.

Is AEET or SCF more profitable?

Schroder Income Growth has a net margin of 91.20% compared to Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust's net margin of 27.99%. Schroder Income Growth's return on equity of 17.23% beat Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust	27.99%	1.81%	2.90%
Schroder Income Growth	91.20%	17.23%	4.32%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AEET or SCF?

Schroder Income Growth received 67 more outperform votes than Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust	N/A	N/A
Schroder Income Growth	Outperform Votes 67 67.68%	Underperform Votes 32 32.32%

Is AEET or SCF a better dividend stock?

Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Schroder Income Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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. Schroder Income Growth pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor AEET or SCF?

In the previous week, Schroder Income Growth's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Schroder Income Growth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust	Neutral
Schroder Income Growth	Very Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AEET or SCF?

83.9% of Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of Schroder Income Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Schroder Income Growth shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AEET or SCF?

Schroder Income Growth has higher revenue and earnings than Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust. Schroder Income Growth 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	£4.37M	11.48	£1.22M	£1.61	39.55
Schroder Income Growth	£41.03M	4.90	£37.42M	£53.56	5.40

Which has more risk & volatility, AEET or SCF?

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, Schroder Income Growth has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Schroder Income Growth beats Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.