Shires Income (SHRS) Competitors

Shires Income (LON:SHRS) and Mid Wynd International Inv Tr (LON:MWY) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SHRS or MWY?

Mid Wynd International Inv Tr has higher revenue and earnings than Shires Income. Shires Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mid Wynd International Inv Tr, 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	9.43	-£1.47M	-£0.04	-6,025.00
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	£54.78M	7.18	£52.07M	£0.95	863.16

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SHRS or MWY?

Mid Wynd International Inv Tr received 69 more outperform votes than Shires Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.31% of users gave Mid Wynd International Inv Tr 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%
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	Outperform Votes 125 68.31%	Underperform Votes 58 31.69%

Does the media prefer SHRS or MWY?

In the previous week, Mid Wynd International Inv Tr's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Shires Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Mid Wynd International Inv Tr is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Shires Income	Neutral
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	Positive

Is SHRS or MWY more profitable?

Mid Wynd International Inv Tr has a net margin of 95.06% compared to Shires Income's net margin of -216.15%. Mid Wynd International Inv Tr's return on equity of 12.21% beat Shires Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shires Income	-216.15%	-1.58%	-0.15%
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	95.06%	12.21%	7.66%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SHRS or MWY?

1.8% of Shires Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of Mid Wynd International Inv Tr shares are held by institutional investors. 28.5% of Shires Income shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.5% of Mid Wynd International Inv Tr shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SHRS or MWY a better dividend stock?

Shires Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Mid Wynd International Inv Tr pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Shires Income pays out -35,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mid Wynd International Inv Tr pays out 842.1% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, SHRS or MWY?

Shires Income has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mid Wynd International Inv Tr has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mid Wynd International Inv Tr beats Shires Income on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.