Good Energy Group (GOOD) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend GOOD or AEI?

Good Energy Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 500, indicating a potential upside of 2.25%. Given Good Energy Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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
Good Energy Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
abrdn Equity Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GOOD or AEI?

abrdn Equity Income Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Good Energy Group	£215.83M	0.42	-£7.12M	-£38.65	-12.65
abrdn Equity Income Trust	£3.37M	45.74	-£220.80K	-£0.46	-696.83

Is GOOD or AEI 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
Good Energy Group	-3.30%	-14.35%	-0.95%
abrdn Equity Income Trust	-6.55%	-0.14%	0.71%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GOOD or AEI?

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

Does the media prefer GOOD or AEI?

In the previous week, abrdn Equity Income Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Good Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for abrdn Equity Income Trust and 0 mentions for Good Energy Group. abrdn Equity Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Good Energy Group's score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn Equity Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GOOD or AEI?

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

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

Which has more risk & volatility, GOOD or AEI?

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

Is GOOD or AEI a better dividend stock?

Good Energy Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Good Energy Group pays out -7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays out -4,961.9% 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.

Summary

abrdn Equity Income Trust beats Good Energy Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.