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

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%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ENQ or ATR?

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

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%

Which has higher 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	0.19	£25.24M	£0.88	15.20
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	£75.15M	5.85	£66.84M	£71.47	6.58

Does the media prefer ENQ or ATR?

In the previous week, Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. had 1 more articles in the media than EnQuest. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. and 2 mentions for EnQuest. Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.'s average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat EnQuest's score of 0.07 indicating that Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EnQuest	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend ENQ or ATR?

EnQuest currently has a consensus price target of GBX 27, indicating a potential upside of 102.70%. Given EnQuest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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 and risk, ENQ or ATR?

EnQuest has a beta of 1.43, indicating 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, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

EnQuest and Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.