abrdn Equity Income Trust (AEI) Competitors

abrdn Equity Income Trust (LON:AEI) and Countrywide (LON:CWD) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AEI or CWD?

Countrywide has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Equity Income Trust. abrdn Equity Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Countrywide, 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
abrdn Equity Income Trust	£3.37M	52.27	-£220.80K	-£0.46	-796.24
Countrywide	£427.28M	0.00	N/A	-£143.90	N/A

Does the media refer more to AEI or CWD?

In the previous week, abrdn Equity Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Countrywide'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
abrdn Equity Income Trust	Neutral
Countrywide	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AEI or CWD?

33.1% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.8% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AEI or CWD more profitable?

Countrywide has a net margin of 0.00% compared to abrdn Equity Income Trust's net margin of -6.55%. Countrywide's return on equity of 0.00% beat abrdn Equity Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn Equity Income Trust	-6.55%	-0.14%	0.71%
Countrywide	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

abrdn Equity Income Trust and Countrywide tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.