Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust (DNE) Competitors

Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust (LON:DNE) and Invesco Select UK Equity (LON:IVPU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Does the media favor DNE or IVPU?

In the previous week, Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Invesco Select UK Equity'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust	Neutral
Invesco Select UK Equity	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DNE or IVPU?

Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Invesco Select UK Equity. Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invesco Select UK Equity, 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
Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust	£2M	13.85	£1.56M	£0.28	1,798.29
Invesco Select UK Equity	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.07	2,357.14

Is DNE or IVPU more profitable?

Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust has a net margin of 78.40% compared to Invesco Select UK Equity's net margin of 0.00%. Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust's return on equity of 4.59% beat Invesco Select UK Equity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust	78.40%	4.59%	2.87%
Invesco Select UK Equity	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is DNE or IVPU a better dividend stock?

Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Invesco Select UK Equity pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust pays out 11,785.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Invesco Select UK Equity pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DNE or IVPU?

Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust received 63 more outperform votes than Invesco Select UK Equity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.77% of users gave Invesco Select UK Equity an outperform vote while only 63.70% of users gave Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 93 63.70%	Underperform Votes 53 36.30%
Invesco Select UK Equity	Outperform Votes 30 69.77%	Underperform Votes 13 30.23%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DNE or IVPU?

32.6% of Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.6% of Invesco Select UK Equity shares are held by institutional investors. 68.6% of Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of Invesco Select UK Equity shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust beats Invesco Select UK Equity on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.