Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) Competitors

Quilter (LON:QLT) 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, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

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

79.1% of Quilter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.7% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Quilter shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is QLT or BSIF a better dividend stock?

Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. 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.

Which has preferable valuation and 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	0.35	£49.61M	£3.72	45.01
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	-£7.22M	-79.55	-£9.36M	-£1.57	-61.69

Do analysts recommend QLT or BSIF?

Quilter currently has a consensus target price of GBX 177.20, suggesting a potential upside of 5.85%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to QLT or BSIF?

In the previous week, Quilter had 6 more articles in the media than Bluefield Solar Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Quilter and 0 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	Overall Sentiment
Quilter	Neutral
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	Neutral

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%

Which has more risk & volatility, QLT or BSIF?

Quilter has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bluefield Solar Income Fund has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Quilter beats Bluefield Solar Income Fund on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.