Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. (ATR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATR or ENQ?

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

Do analysts rate ATR or ENQ?

EnQuest has a consensus price target of GBX 27, suggesting a potential upside of 103.62%. Given EnQuest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
EnQuest	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ATR or ENQ 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
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	84.92%	7.81%	4.75%
EnQuest	1.59%	4.36%	7.54%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ATR or ENQ?

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ATR or ENQ?

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	£41.66M	11.33	£35.38M	£0.35	1,408.57
EnQuest	£1.30B	0.19	£20.73M	-£0.01	-1,326.00

Which has more volatility & risk, ATR or ENQ?

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. Comparatively, EnQuest has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ATR or ENQ?

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. Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.'s average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat EnQuest's score of 0.53 indicating that Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

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