EnQuest (ENQ) Competitors

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. (LON:ATR) and EnQuest (LON:ENQ) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Which has more risk & volatility, ATR or ENQ?

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EnQuest has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ATR or ENQ?

EnQuest received 557 more outperform votes than Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.19% of users gave Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave EnQuest an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	Outperform Votes 86 67.19%	Underperform Votes 42 32.81%
EnQuest	Outperform Votes 643 60.21%	Underperform Votes 425 39.79%

Is ATR or ENQ more profitable?

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has a net margin of 84.92% compared to EnQuest's net margin of 1.59%. Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.'s return on equity of 7.81% beat EnQuest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	84.92%	7.81%	4.75%
EnQuest	1.59%	4.36%	7.54%

Do analysts recommend ATR or ENQ?

EnQuest has a consensus price target of GBX 27, indicating a potential upside of 129.59%. Given EnQuest's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EnQuest is more favorable than Schroder Asian Total Return Inv..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
EnQuest	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor ATR or ENQ?

In the previous week, Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. and Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. both had 1 articles in the media. Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat EnQuest's score of -0.08 indicating that Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
EnQuest	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ATR or ENQ?

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EnQuest. EnQuest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder Asian Total Return Inv., 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
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	£41.66M	11.01	£35.38M	£0.35	1,368.57
EnQuest	£1.30B	0.17	£20.73M	-£0.01	-1,176.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ATR or ENQ?

54.8% of Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.1% of EnQuest shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of EnQuest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. beats EnQuest on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.