Good Energy Group (GOOD) Competitors

abrdn Equity Income Trust (LON:AEI) and Good Energy Group (LON:GOOD) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AEI or GOOD?

33.1% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Good Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. 14.8% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.1% of Good Energy Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor AEI or GOOD?

In the previous week, Good Energy Group had 7 more articles in the media than abrdn Equity Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Good Energy Group and 0 mentions for abrdn Equity Income Trust. Good Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat abrdn Equity Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Good Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
abrdn Equity Income Trust	Neutral
Good Energy Group	Neutral

Is AEI or GOOD a better dividend stock?

abrdn Equity Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Good Energy Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays out -230,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Good Energy Group pays out -769.2% 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. abrdn Equity Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, AEI or GOOD?

abrdn Equity Income Trust has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Good Energy Group has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AEI or GOOD?

abrdn Equity Income Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Good Energy Group. abrdn Equity Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Good Energy Group, 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
abrdn Equity Income Trust	£3.37M	44.66	£3.02M	-£0.01	-31,500.00
Good Energy Group	£195.98M	0.32	-£6.47M	-£0.39	-879.49

Is AEI or GOOD more profitable?

Good Energy Group has a net margin of -3.30% compared to abrdn Equity Income Trust's net margin of -6.55%. abrdn Equity Income Trust's return on equity of -0.14% beat Good Energy Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn Equity Income Trust	-6.55%	-0.14%	0.71%
Good Energy Group	-3.30%	-13.10%	-0.95%

Do analysts recommend AEI or GOOD?

Good Energy Group has a consensus target price of GBX 500, indicating a potential upside of 45.77%. Given Good Energy Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Good Energy Group is more favorable than abrdn Equity Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn Equity Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Good Energy Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AEI or GOOD?

Good Energy Group received 172 more outperform votes than abrdn Equity Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn Equity Income Trust	N/A	N/A
Good Energy Group	Outperform Votes 172 62.55%	Underperform Votes 103 37.45%

Summary

abrdn Equity Income Trust and Good Energy Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.