Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) Competitors

AJ Bell (LON:AJB) and Bluefield Solar Income Fund (LON:BSIF) are both asset management industry companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

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

51.4% of AJ Bell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.7% of AJ Bell shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer AJB or BSIF?

AJ Bell currently has a consensus target price of GBX 501, indicating a potential downside of 2.24%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than Bluefield Solar Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AJ Bell	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is AJB or BSIF a better dividend stock?

AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. AJ Bell pays out 57.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays out -451.3% 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.

Is AJB or BSIF more profitable?

Bluefield Solar Income Fund has a net margin of 129.55% compared to AJ Bell's net margin of 33.14%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 42.30% beat Bluefield Solar Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AJ Bell	33.14%	42.30%	36.07%
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	129.55%	-1.19%	0.96%

Does the media favor AJB or BSIF?

In the previous week, AJ Bell had 3 more articles in the media than Bluefield Solar Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for AJ Bell and 0 mentions for Bluefield Solar Income Fund. AJ Bell's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Bluefield Solar Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that AJ Bell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AJ Bell	Positive
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, AJB or BSIF?

AJ Bell has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bluefield Solar Income Fund has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, AJB or BSIF?

AJ Bell has higher revenue and earnings than Bluefield Solar Income Fund. Bluefield Solar Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AJ Bell, 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
AJ Bell	£291.42M	7.13	£81.11M	£0.22	2,373.78
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	-£10.46M	-49.51	-£9.36M	-£0.02	-4,487.18

Summary

AJ Bell beats Bluefield Solar Income Fund on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.