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 dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend ATR or ENQ?

EnQuest has a consensus price target of GBX 27, suggesting a potential upside of 99.41%. Given EnQuest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ATR or ENQ more profitable?

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has a net margin of 88.95% compared to EnQuest's net margin of 1.59%. Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.'s return on equity of 14.92% beat EnQuest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	88.95%	14.92%	4.75%
EnQuest	1.59%	4.40%	7.54%

Does the media prefer ATR or ENQ?

In the previous week, EnQuest had 2 more articles in the media than Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for EnQuest and 0 mentions for Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.. EnQuest's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.'s score of 0.00 indicating that EnQuest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	Neutral
EnQuest	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, ATR or ENQ?

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EnQuest. Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnQuest, 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.	£75.15M	5.09	£66.84M	£71.47	5.72
EnQuest	£1.59B	0.20	£25.24M	£0.88	15.45

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATR or ENQ?

EnQuest received 558 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 60.24% 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 644 60.24%	Underperform Votes 425 39.76%

Which has more risk & volatility, ATR or ENQ?

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

Summary

EnQuest beats Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.