NESF vs. WTAN, BRW, BHMU, RAT, FEV, MYI, SNN, WWH, JTC, and ATT
Should you be buying NextEnergy Solar Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextEnergy Solar Fund include Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), BH Macro USD (BHMU), Rathbones Group (RAT), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Murray International (MYI), Sanne Group (SNN), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), JTC (JTC), and Allianz Technology Trust (ATT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
NextEnergy Solar Fund vs.
Witan Investment Trust (LON:WTAN) and NextEnergy Solar Fund (LON:NESF) 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 media sentiment, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Witan Investment Trust has a net margin of 89.43% compared to NextEnergy Solar Fund's net margin of -408.61%. Witan Investment Trust's return on equity of 13.68% beat NextEnergy Solar Fund's return on equity.
8.5% of Witan Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Witan Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Witan Investment Trust received 4 more outperform votes than NextEnergy Solar Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.63% of users gave Witan Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 65.69% of users gave NextEnergy Solar Fund an outperform vote.
Witan Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than NextEnergy Solar Fund. NextEnergy Solar Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Witan Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Witan Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled NextEnergy Solar Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
Witan Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Witan Investment Trust pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays out -341.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NextEnergy Solar Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Witan Investment Trust has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextEnergy Solar Fund has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Witan Investment Trust beats NextEnergy Solar Fund on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:NESF) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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