Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. (ATR) Competitors

EnQuest (LON:ENQ) and Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. (LON:ATR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ENQ or ATR?

EnQuest received 557 more outperform votes than Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.19% of users gave Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave EnQuest an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EnQuest	Outperform Votes 643 60.21%	Underperform Votes 425 39.79%
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	Outperform Votes 86 67.19%	Underperform Votes 42 32.81%

Do analysts rate ENQ or ATR?

EnQuest presently has a consensus target price of GBX 27, suggesting a potential upside of 138.94%. Given EnQuest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe EnQuest is more favorable than Schroder Asian Total Return Inv..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EnQuest	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ENQ or ATR?

48.1% of EnQuest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.3% of EnQuest shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ENQ or ATR?

EnQuest has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ENQ or ATR more profitable?

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has a net margin of 84.92% compared to EnQuest's net margin of 1.59%. Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.'s return on equity of 7.81% beat EnQuest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EnQuest	1.59%	4.36%	7.54%
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	84.92%	7.81%	4.75%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ENQ or ATR?

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EnQuest. EnQuest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder Asian Total Return Inv., 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
EnQuest	£1.30B	0.17	£20.73M	-£0.01	-1,130.00
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	£41.66M	10.92	£35.38M	£0.35	1,357.14

Does the media prefer ENQ or ATR?

In the previous week, EnQuest had 4 more articles in the media than Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for EnQuest and 0 mentions for Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.. EnQuest's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.'s score of 0.00 indicating that EnQuest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
EnQuest	Neutral
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	Neutral

Summary

EnQuest beats Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.