Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) Competitors

Bluefield Solar Income Fund (LON:BSIF) and Monks (LON:MNKS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is BSIF or MNKS a better dividend stock?

Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Monks pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays out -574.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Monks pays out 0.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Bluefield Solar Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BSIF or MNKS?

Bluefield Solar Income Fund received 27 more outperform votes than Monks when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.18% of users gave Monks an outperform vote while only 60.11% of users gave Bluefield Solar Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	Outperform Votes 113 60.11%	Underperform Votes 75 39.89%
Monks	Outperform Votes 86 64.18%	Underperform Votes 48 35.82%

Which has more risk & volatility, BSIF or MNKS?

Bluefield Solar Income Fund has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monks has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BSIF or MNKS?

In the previous week, Monks had 7 more articles in the media than Bluefield Solar Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Monks and 1 mentions for Bluefield Solar Income Fund. Bluefield Solar Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Monks' score of 0.21 indicating that Bluefield Solar Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Monks	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is BSIF or MNKS more profitable?

Bluefield Solar Income Fund has a net margin of 129.55% compared to Monks' net margin of 96.67%. Monks' return on equity of 24.08% beat Bluefield Solar Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	129.55%	-1.19%	0.96%
Monks	96.67%	24.08%	9.21%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BSIF or MNKS?

59.7% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Monks shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Monks shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BSIF or MNKS?

Monks has higher revenue and earnings than Bluefield Solar Income Fund. Bluefield Solar Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monks, 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
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	-£7.22M	-78.32	-£9.36M	-£1.57	-60.74
Monks	£610.03M	3.42	£589.71M	£308.06	3.52

Summary

Monks beats Bluefield Solar Income Fund on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.