EGL vs. IEM, RICA, CGT, SAIN, MUT, JEO, APEO, BLU, ESCT, and SDP
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 Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), Ruffer Investment (RICA), Capital Gearing (CGT), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Murray Income Trust (MUT), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), Blue Star Capital (BLU), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), and Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust vs. Its Competitors
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (LON:EGL) and Impax Environmental Markets (LON:IEM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impax Environmental Markets has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
43.9% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.2% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Impax Environmental Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays out -89.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Impax Environmental Markets pays out -124.4% 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 has a net margin of 192.30% compared to Impax Environmental Markets' net margin of -691.26%. Impax Environmental Markets' return on equity of -0.93% beat Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust's return on equity.
Impax Environmental Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust. Impax Environmental Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Impax Environmental Markets had 2 more articles in the media than Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Impax Environmental Markets and 0 mentions for Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Impax Environmental Markets' score of -0.07 indicating that Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Impax Environmental Markets beats Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (LON:EGL) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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