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Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) Competitors

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GBX 195 +5.50 (+2.90%)
(As of 11/21/2024 ET)

EGL vs. MUT, SLPE, SDP, MRCH, GSCT, AGT.LN, ICGT, JESC, JFJ, and TFIF

Should you be buying Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust include Murray Income Trust (MUT), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), The Merchants Trust (MRCH), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), AVI Global Trust (AGT.LN), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), and TwentyFour Income (TFIF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust vs.

Murray Income Trust (LON:MUT) and Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (LON:EGL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.

Murray Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Murray Income Trust pays out 5,416.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays out -4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

35.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.9% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust 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.

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust received 18 more outperform votes than Murray Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.91% of users gave Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust an outperform vote while only 60.37% of users gave Murray Income Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Murray Income TrustOutperform Votes
99
60.37%
Underperform Votes
65
39.63%
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure TrustOutperform Votes
117
70.91%
Underperform Votes
48
29.09%

Murray Income Trust has a net margin of 90.28% compared to Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Murray Income Trust's return on equity of 7.98% beat Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Murray Income Trust90.28% 7.98% 4.65%
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust N/A -9.10%-4.86%

Murray Income Trust has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Murray Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Murray Income Trust and 0 mentions for Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust. Murray Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Murray Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Murray Income Trust Positive
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust Neutral

Murray Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Murray Income Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Murray Income Trust£88.65M9.42£80.03M£0.721,116.67
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust-£16.19M-13.35-£20.26M-£0.18-1,083.33

Summary

Murray Income Trust beats Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EGL vs. The Competition

MetricEcofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£216.16M£860.59M£3.48B£1.45B
Dividend Yield4.33%13.34%4.53%11.41%
P/E Ratio-1,083.33768.79428.801,587.66
Price / Sales-13.3513,400.572,052.43225,724.00
Price / Cash19.9185.7549.9934.26
Price / Book1.061.751.482.86
Net Income-£20.26M£61.47M£346.54M£136.51M
7 Day Performance5.41%-0.21%0.19%-0.55%
1 Month Performance-0.68%-0.49%0.73%3.42%
1 Year Performance17.82%10.36%15.81%100.47%

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EGL
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust
N/AGBX 195
+2.9%
N/A+14.8%£216.16M£-16,190,000.00-1,083.338,700
MUT
Murray Income Trust
N/AGBX 804
+0.5%
N/A-2.8%£834.71M£88.65M1,113.89147,000News Coverage
Positive News
SLPE
Standard Life Private Equity Trust
N/AGBX 539
+0.7%
N/A+5.1%£828.69M£251.60M3.47N/A
SDP
Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund
N/AGBX 536
flat
N/A+9.1%£828.50M£-19,050,000.00-3,152.94N/APositive News
MRCH
The Merchants Trust
N/AGBX 558
+1.3%
N/A+4.4%£828.18M£119.61M764.38N/AHigh Trading Volume
GSCT
The Global Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 163.40
+1.0%
N/A+14.3%£823.39M£-19,630,000.00-2,709.68N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
AGT.LN
AVI Global Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£812.93M£51.62M20.82N/AHigh Trading Volume
ICGT
ICG Enterprise Trust
N/AGBX 1,234
+0.3%
N/A-0.6%£806.42M£42.24M4,730.77N/APositive News
JESC
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£795.72M£114.05M7.60N/A
JFJ
JPMorgan Japanese
N/AGBX 552
+1.3%
N/A+14.4%£792.34M£125.52M613.33N/A
TFIF
TwentyFour Income
N/AGBX 105.40
+0.8%
N/A+3.6%£788.22MN/A-3,486.67N/ANews Coverage
Positive News

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This page (LON:EGL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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