Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend BSIF or HICL?

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)	N/A
HICL Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is BSIF or HICL a better dividend stock?

Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays out 3,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. HICL Infrastructure pays out 40,000.0% 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.

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

59.7% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BSIF or HICL more profitable?

HICL Infrastructure has a net margin of 86.65% compared to Bluefield Solar Income Fund's net margin of 85.88%. Bluefield Solar Income Fund's return on equity of 1.54% beat HICL Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	85.88%	1.54%	0.96%
HICL Infrastructure	86.65%	0.93%	0.58%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BSIF or HICL?

HICL Infrastructure received 53 more outperform votes than Bluefield Solar Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.81% of users gave HICL Infrastructure 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%
HICL Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 166 72.81%	Underperform Votes 62 27.19%

Does the media refer more to BSIF or HICL?

In the previous week, HICL Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than Bluefield Solar Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for HICL Infrastructure and 1 mentions for Bluefield Solar Income Fund. HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Bluefield Solar Income Fund's score of 0.67 indicating that HICL Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HICL Infrastructure	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, BSIF or HICL?

HICL Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Bluefield Solar Income Fund. Bluefield Solar Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HICL Infrastructure, 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	£15.30M	41.11	£13.14M	£0.30	346.67
HICL Infrastructure	£35.20M	70.13	£30.50M	£0.02	6,110.00

Which has more volatility and risk, BSIF or HICL?

Bluefield Solar Income Fund has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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