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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.

Do analysts recommend ENQ or ATR?

EnQuest presently has a consensus target price of GBX 27, suggesting a potential upside of 128.43%. Given EnQuest's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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

Which has more volatility & risk, ENQ or ATR?

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ENQ or ATR?

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EnQuest. Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnQuest, 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	£1.59B	0.17	£25.24M	£0.88	13.49
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	£75.15M	6.20	£66.84M	£71.47	6.97

Is ENQ or ATR more profitable?

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has a net margin of 88.95% compared to EnQuest's net margin of 1.59%. Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.'s return on equity of 14.92% beat EnQuest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EnQuest	1.59%	4.40%	7.54%
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	88.95%	14.92%	4.75%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Does the media favor ENQ or ATR?

In the previous week, Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. had 1 more articles in the media than EnQuest. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. and 0 mentions for EnQuest. EnQuest's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.'s score of 0.10 indicating that EnQuest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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