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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility & risk, AEI or GOOD?

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

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 7.0%. 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 out -4,961.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Good Energy Group pays out -7.8% 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.

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%	-14.35%	-0.95%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	46.59	-£220.80K	-£0.46	-709.77
Good Energy Group	£215.83M	0.41	-£7.12M	-£38.65	-12.42

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AEI or GOOD?

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

Do analysts prefer AEI or GOOD?

Good Energy Group has a consensus target price of GBX 500, suggesting a potential upside of 4.17%. Given Good Energy Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	0.00
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 believe in 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%

Does the media favor AEI or GOOD?

In the previous week, Good Energy Group had 2 more articles in the media than abrdn Equity Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Good Energy Group and 0 mentions for abrdn Equity Income Trust. Good Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 0.97 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	Positive

Summary

Good Energy Group beats abrdn Equity Income Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.