OGN vs. SLS, ERGO, BMY, SLN, AMYT, GPH, IGC, PHAR, AURA, and ARTL
Should you be buying Origin Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Origin Enterprises include Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), Ergomed (ERGO), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), Amryt Pharma (AMYT), Global Ports (GPH), India Capital Growth (IGC), Pharos Energy (PHAR), Aura Energy (AURA), and Alpha Real Trust (ARTL). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Origin Enterprises vs.
Origin Enterprises (LON:OGN) and Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (LON:SLS) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Origin Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Origin Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Origin Enterprises pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 625.0%. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share. Origin Enterprises pays out 4,915.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
62.1% of Origin Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Origin Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Origin Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Origin Enterprises received 32 more outperform votes than Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.58% of users gave Origin Enterprises an outperform vote while only 66.12% of users gave Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote.
Origin Enterprises has a net margin of 1.98% compared to Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Origin Enterprises' return on equity of 10.29% beat Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.
Given Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust is more favorable than Origin Enterprises.
Summary
Origin Enterprises beats Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:OGN) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
