Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE) Competitors

Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) and Standard Life Private Equity Trust (LON:SLPE) are both asset management industry companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Do analysts prefer BPT or SLPE?

Bridgepoint Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 388, suggesting a potential upside of 14.95%. Given Bridgepoint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Bridgepoint Group is more favorable than Standard Life Private Equity Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bridgepoint Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is BPT or SLPE a better dividend stock?

Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Standard Life Private Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Bridgepoint Group pays out 173.6% 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 Private Equity Trust pays out 7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BPT or SLPE?

Bridgepoint Group has higher revenue and earnings than Standard Life Private Equity Trust. Standard Life Private Equity 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	£444.20M	6.27	£45.58M	£0.05	6,368.77
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	£289.51M	2.91	N/A	£1.86	294.31

Is BPT or SLPE more profitable?

Bridgepoint Group has a net margin of 16.74% compared to Standard Life Private Equity Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Bridgepoint Group's return on equity of 6.10% beat Standard Life Private Equity Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgepoint Group	16.74%	6.10%	3.47%
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

34.4% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.9% of Standard Life Private Equity Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Standard Life Private Equity Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer BPT or SLPE?

In the previous week, Bridgepoint Group had 1 more articles in the media than Standard Life Private Equity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bridgepoint Group and 0 mentions for Standard Life Private Equity Trust. Bridgepoint Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Standard Life Private Equity Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bridgepoint Group	Neutral
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	Neutral

Summary

Bridgepoint Group beats Standard Life Private Equity Trust on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.