EGL vs. SLPE, TMPL, AGT.LN, MUT, JESC, OCI, MRCH, IEM, BGSC, and ICGT
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 Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), Temple Bar (TMPL), AVI Global Trust (AGT.LN), Murray Income Trust (MUT), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), The Merchants Trust (MRCH), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), and ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust vs.
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (LON:EGL) and Standard Life Private Equity Trust (LON:SLPE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust has a net margin of 192.30% compared to Standard Life Private Equity Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Standard Life Private Equity Trust's return on equity of 0.00% beat Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust's return on equity.
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Standard Life Private Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays out -89.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Standard Life Private Equity Trust pays out 0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Standard Life Private Equity Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Standard Life Private Equity 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 Standard Life Private Equity Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
43.9% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
Standard Life Private Equity Trust received 21 more outperform votes than Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.91% of users gave Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust an outperform vote while only 69.70% of users gave Standard Life Private Equity Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Standard Life Private Equity Trust beats Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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