Miton UK Microcap (MINI) Competitors

CT UK High Income Trust (LON:CHI) and Miton UK Microcap (LON:MINI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Is CHI or MINI a better dividend stock?

CT UK High Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Miton UK Microcap pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. CT UK High Income Trust pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Miton UK Microcap pays out 0.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CHI or MINI?

51.6% of CT UK High Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.1% of Miton UK Microcap shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of CT UK High Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Miton UK Microcap shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CHI or MINI?

Miton UK Microcap received 72 more outperform votes than CT UK High Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CT UK High Income Trust	N/A	N/A
Miton UK Microcap	Outperform Votes 72 68.57%	Underperform Votes 33 31.43%

Does the media refer more to CHI or MINI?

In the previous week, CT UK High Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Miton UK Microcap. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for CT UK High Income Trust and 0 mentions for Miton UK Microcap. CT UK High Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Miton UK Microcap's score of 0.00 indicating that CT UK High Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CT UK High Income Trust	Very Positive
Miton UK Microcap	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CHI or MINI?

CT UK High Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Miton UK Microcap. Miton UK Microcap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT UK High Income Trust, 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
CT UK High Income Trust	£13.28M	6.46	£11.22M	£0.10	1,030.00
Miton UK Microcap	-£3.88M	-5.10	-£4.20M	-£9.17	-4.71

Is CHI or MINI more profitable?

Miton UK Microcap has a net margin of 108.26% compared to CT UK High Income Trust's net margin of 84.52%. CT UK High Income Trust's return on equity of 10.59% beat Miton UK Microcap's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CT UK High Income Trust	84.52%	10.59%	6.32%
Miton UK Microcap	108.26%	-15.14%	N/A

Summary

CT UK High Income Trust beats Miton UK Microcap on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.