Murray Income Trust (MUT) Competitors

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

Is BPT or MUT more profitable?

Murray Income Trust has a net margin of 90.28% compared to Bridgepoint Group's net margin of 19.18%. Bridgepoint Group's return on equity of 8.85% beat Murray Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgepoint Group	19.18%	8.85%	3.47%
Murray Income Trust	90.28%	7.98%	4.65%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BPT or MUT?

Murray Income Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bridgepoint Group. Murray Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgepoint 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
Bridgepoint Group	£342.10M	8.68	£65.60M	£0.08	4,512.50
Murray Income Trust	£88.65M	9.43	£80.03M	£0.72	1,118.06

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BPT or MUT?

Murray Income Trust received 88 more outperform votes than Bridgepoint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Bridgepoint Group an outperform vote while only 60.37% of users gave Murray Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bridgepoint Group	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%
Murray Income Trust	Outperform Votes 99 60.37%	Underperform Votes 65 39.63%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BPT or MUT?

20.4% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer BPT or MUT?

Bridgepoint Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 334, indicating a potential downside of 7.48%. Given Bridgepoint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Bridgepoint Group is more favorable than Murray Income Trust.

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

Is BPT or MUT a better dividend stock?

Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Murray Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Bridgepoint Group pays out 11,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Murray Income Trust pays out 5,416.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Murray Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, BPT or MUT?

Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Murray Income Trust has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BPT or MUT?

In the previous week, Murray Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Bridgepoint Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Murray Income Trust and 1 mentions for Bridgepoint Group. Murray Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Bridgepoint Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Murray Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bridgepoint Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Murray Income Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Murray Income Trust beats Bridgepoint Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.