Brunner (BUT) Competitors

HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) and Brunner (LON:BUT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, HGT or BUT?

HgCapital Trust has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HGT or BUT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HgCapital Trust	£255.96M	9.60	£230.52M	£0.50	1,074.00
Brunner	£109.49M	5.63	£103.52M	£2.42	597.11

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HGT or BUT?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HgCapital Trust	Outperform Votes 110 62.15%	Underperform Votes 67 37.85%
Brunner	Outperform Votes 116 66.29%	Underperform Votes 59 33.71%

Is HGT or BUT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HgCapital Trust	90.06%	10.52%	6.88%
Brunner	94.54%	19.00%	11.63%

Is HGT or BUT a better dividend stock?

HgCapital Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Brunner pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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 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. Brunner is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HGT or BUT?

41.7% of HgCapital Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of Brunner shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of HgCapital Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Brunner shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor HGT or BUT?

In the previous week, HgCapital Trust and HgCapital Trust both had 1 articles in the media. HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Brunner's score of 1.11 indicating that HgCapital Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HgCapital Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Brunner	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Brunner beats HgCapital Trust on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.