Murray Income Trust (MUT) Competitors

Murray Income Trust (LON:MUT) and Petershill Partners (LON:PHLL) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MUT or PHLL?

Petershill Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Murray Income Trust. Petershill Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Murray 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
Murray Income Trust	£97.96M	8.29	£90.45M	£90.76	8.96
Petershill Partners	£706.00M	4.04	£420.55M	£24.65	8.52

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MUT or PHLL?

Murray Income Trust received 84 more outperform votes than Petershill Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Petershill Partners an outperform vote while only 60.37% of users gave Murray Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Murray Income Trust	Outperform Votes 99 60.37%	Underperform Votes 65 39.63%
Petershill Partners	Outperform Votes 15 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is MUT or PHLL a better dividend stock?

Murray Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Petershill Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Murray Income Trust pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petershill Partners pays out 48.7% 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.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MUT or PHLL?

35.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is MUT or PHLL more profitable?

Murray Income Trust has a net margin of 92.34% compared to Petershill Partners' net margin of 59.57%. Murray Income Trust's return on equity of 9.57% beat Petershill Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Murray Income Trust	92.34%	9.57%	4.65%
Petershill Partners	59.57%	7.17%	5.95%

Does the media prefer MUT or PHLL?

In the previous week, Murray Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Petershill Partners'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Murray Income Trust	Neutral
Petershill Partners	Neutral

Do analysts rate MUT or PHLL?

Petershill Partners has a consensus target price of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 14.29%. Given Petershill Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Petershill Partners is more favorable than Murray Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Murray Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Petershill Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, MUT or PHLL?

Murray Income Trust has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petershill Partners has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Murray Income Trust and Petershill Partners tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.