AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT) Competitors

Murray Income Trust (LON:MUT) and AVI Japan Opportunity (LON:AJOT) 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 earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.

Is MUT or AJOT more profitable?

Murray Income Trust has a net margin of 90.28% compared to AVI Japan Opportunity's net margin of 0.00%. Murray Income Trust's return on equity of 7.98% beat AVI Japan Opportunity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Murray Income Trust	90.28%	7.98%	4.65%
AVI Japan Opportunity	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals believe in MUT or AJOT?

35.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.6% of AVI Japan Opportunity shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of AVI Japan Opportunity shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MUT or AJOT?

Murray Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than AVI Japan Opportunity. Murray Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AVI Japan Opportunity, 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
Murray Income Trust	£88.65M	9.77	£80.03M	£0.72	1,158.33
AVI Japan Opportunity	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.12	1,279.17

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MUT or AJOT?

Murray Income Trust received 99 more outperform votes than AVI Japan Opportunity when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Murray Income Trust	Outperform Votes 99 60.37%	Underperform Votes 65 39.63%
AVI Japan Opportunity	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor MUT or AJOT?

In the previous week, Murray Income Trust had 3 more articles in the media than AVI Japan Opportunity. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Murray Income Trust and 0 mentions for AVI Japan Opportunity. Murray Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat AVI Japan Opportunity's score of 0.00 indicating that Murray Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Murray Income Trust	Neutral
AVI Japan Opportunity	Neutral

Is MUT or AJOT a better dividend stock?

Murray Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. AVI Japan Opportunity pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Murray Income Trust pays out 5,416.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AVI Japan Opportunity pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Murray Income Trust beats AVI Japan Opportunity on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.