Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) Competitors

Quilter (LON:QLT) and Bluefield Solar Income Fund (LON:BSIF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend QLT or BSIF?

Quilter presently has a consensus price target of GBX 135, suggesting a potential downside of 8.47%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Quilter is more favorable than Bluefield Solar Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility & risk, QLT or BSIF?

Quilter has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more 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.

Does the media favor QLT or BSIF?

In the previous week, Quilter had 1 more articles in the media than Bluefield Solar Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Quilter and 1 mentions for Bluefield Solar Income Fund. Quilter's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Bluefield Solar Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Quilter is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quilter	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Is QLT or BSIF a better dividend stock?

Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Quilter pays out 134.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays out -574.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bluefield Solar Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is QLT or BSIF more profitable?

Bluefield Solar Income Fund has a net margin of 129.55% compared to Quilter's net margin of 0.78%. Quilter's return on equity of 3.33% beat Bluefield Solar Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quilter	0.78%	3.33%	0.21%
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	129.55%	-1.19%	0.96%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in QLT or BSIF?

79.1% of Quilter shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.7% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Quilter shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer QLT or BSIF?

Bluefield Solar Income Fund received 40 more outperform votes than Quilter when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.83% of users gave Quilter an outperform vote while only 60.11% of users gave Bluefield Solar Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quilter	Outperform Votes 73 60.83%	Underperform Votes 47 39.17%
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	Outperform Votes 113 60.11%	Underperform Votes 75 39.89%

Which has better valuation & earnings, QLT or BSIF?

Quilter has higher revenue and earnings than Bluefield Solar Income Fund. Bluefield Solar Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, 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
Quilter	£6.38B	0.31	£49.61M	£3.72	39.66
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	-£7.22M	-72.22	-£9.36M	-£1.57	-56.01

Summary

Quilter beats Bluefield Solar Income Fund on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.