Brunner (BUT) Competitors

HICL Infrastructure (LON:HICL) and Brunner (LON:BUT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, HICL or BUT?

Brunner has higher revenue and earnings than HICL Infrastructure. Brunner 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
HICL Infrastructure	£105.30M	22.76	£101.36M	£5.10	23.61
Brunner	£111.40M	5.65	£105.32M	£241.42	6.01

Is HICL or BUT more profitable?

HICL Infrastructure has a net margin of 96.27% compared to Brunner's net margin of 94.54%. Brunner's return on equity of 18.49% beat HICL Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HICL Infrastructure	96.27%	3.24%	0.58%
Brunner	94.54%	18.49%	11.63%

Which has more volatility & risk, HICL or BUT?

HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunner has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HICL or BUT a better dividend stock?

HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Brunner pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. HICL Infrastructure pays out 156.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brunner pays out 9.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer HICL or BUT?

In the previous week, HICL Infrastructure had 2 more articles in the media than Brunner. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for HICL Infrastructure and 1 mentions for Brunner. HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Brunner's score of 0.00 indicating that HICL Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HICL Infrastructure	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brunner	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HICL or BUT?

54.7% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of Brunner shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Brunner shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Brunner beats HICL Infrastructure on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.