Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (DORE) Competitors

Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (LON:PHI) and Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (LON:DORE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Is PHI or DORE more profitable?

Downing Renewables & Infrastructure has a net margin of 98.10% compared to Pacific Horizon Investment Trust's net margin of 63.44%. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust's return on equity of 4.68% beat Downing Renewables & Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust	63.44%	4.68%	3.98%
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure	98.10%	3.21%	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PHI or DORE?

Pacific Horizon Investment Trust received 77 more outperform votes than Downing Renewables & Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 77 65.81%	Underperform Votes 40 34.19%
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure	N/A	N/A

Is PHI or DORE a better dividend stock?

Pacific Horizon Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Downing Renewables & Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust pays out 10.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Downing Renewables & Infrastructure pays out 128.6% 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 media favor PHI or DORE?

In the previous week, Pacific Horizon Investment Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Downing Renewables & Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pacific Horizon Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Downing Renewables & Infrastructure. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Downing Renewables & Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that Pacific Horizon Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust	Positive
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PHI or DORE?

Pacific Horizon Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Downing Renewables & Infrastructure. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Downing Renewables & 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
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust	£42.03M	11.93	£26.66M	£29.76	18.76
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure	£6.55M	22.31	£6.43M	£3.89	22.22

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PHI or DORE?

23.1% of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Downing Renewables & Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.8% of Downing Renewables & Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Pacific Horizon Investment Trust beats Downing Renewables & Infrastructure on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.