Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) Competitors

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

Is BSIF or QLT 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
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	129.55%	-1.19%	0.96%
Quilter	0.78%	3.33%	0.21%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BSIF or QLT?

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

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

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, BSIF or QLT?

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
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	-£7.22M	-70.82	-£9.36M	-£1.57	-54.92
Quilter	£6.38B	0.32	£49.61M	£3.72	41.68

Does the media prefer BSIF or QLT?

In the previous week, Bluefield Solar Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Quilter. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bluefield Solar Income Fund and 0 mentions for Quilter. Bluefield Solar Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Quilter's score of 0.00 indicating that Bluefield Solar Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	Positive
Quilter	Neutral

Do analysts prefer BSIF or QLT?

Quilter has a consensus target price of GBX 135, suggesting a potential downside of 12.90%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is BSIF or QLT a better dividend stock?

Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays out -574.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, BSIF or QLT?

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

Summary

Quilter beats Bluefield Solar Income Fund on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.