Shires Income (SHRS) Competitors

Shires Income (LON:SHRS) and Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (LON:DIG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Is SHRS or DIG more profitable?

Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust has a net margin of 82.76% compared to Shires Income's net margin of -216.15%. Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust's return on equity of 5.11% beat Shires Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shires Income	-216.15%	-1.58%	-0.15%
Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust	82.76%	5.11%	3.15%

Which has more risk & volatility, SHRS or DIG?

Shires Income has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SHRS or DIG?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shires Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SHRS or DIG?

Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust received 59 more outperform votes than Shires Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.70% of users gave Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Shires Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shires Income	Outperform Votes 56 59.57%	Underperform Votes 38 40.43%
Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 115 69.70%	Underperform Votes 50 30.30%

Is SHRS or DIG a better dividend stock?

Shires Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Shires Income pays out -35,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust pays out 9,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Shires Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SHRS or DIG?

1.8% of Shires Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 28.5% of Shires Income shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SHRS or DIG?

Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Shires Income. Shires Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dunedin Income Growth Investment 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
Shires Income	£10.57M	9.26	-£1.47M	-£0.04	-5,912.50
Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust	£27.59M	14.17	£22.83M	£0.15	1,833.33

Does the media favor SHRS or DIG?

In the previous week, Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Shires Income. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Shires Income. Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Shires Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Shires Income	Neutral
Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust	Positive

Summary

Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust beats Shires Income on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.