BUT vs. HGT, HICL, QLT, INPP, CTY, JAM, HVPE, TRIG, CLDN, and AJB
Should you be buying Brunner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brunner include HgCapital Trust (HGT), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Quilter (QLT), International Public Partnerships (INPP), City of London (CTY), JPMorgan American (JAM), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), and AJ Bell (AJB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Brunner vs.
Brunner (LON:BUT) and HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Brunner has a net margin of 94.54% compared to HgCapital Trust's net margin of 90.06%. Brunner's return on equity of 19.00% beat HgCapital Trust's return on equity.
Brunner pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. HgCapital Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Brunner pays out 950.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. HgCapital Trust pays out 1,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brunner is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, HgCapital Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Brunner. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for HgCapital Trust and 0 mentions for Brunner. HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Brunner's score of 1.16 indicating that HgCapital Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HgCapital Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Brunner. Brunner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HgCapital Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brunner has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HgCapital Trust has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
17.4% of Brunner shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of HgCapital Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of Brunner shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of HgCapital Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brunner received 6 more outperform votes than HgCapital Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.29% of users gave Brunner an outperform vote while only 62.15% of users gave HgCapital Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Brunner beats HgCapital Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BUT) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
