Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE) Competitors

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

Is SLPE or BPT a better dividend stock?

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 an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Standard Life Private Equity Trust pays out 0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bridgepoint Group pays out 163.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is SLPE or BPT 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
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bridgepoint Group	16.74%	6.10%	3.47%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SLPE or BPT?

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
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	£251.60M	3.44	N/A	£155.20	3.63
Bridgepoint Group	£272.35M	11.23	£45.58M	£5.50	67.25

Do analysts prefer SLPE or BPT?

Bridgepoint Group has a consensus target price of GBX 334, indicating a potential downside of 9.78%. Given Bridgepoint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Bridgepoint Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer SLPE or BPT?

In the previous week, Standard Life Private Equity Trust and Standard Life Private Equity Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Standard Life Private Equity Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Bridgepoint Group's score of 0.80 indicating that Standard Life Private Equity Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Bridgepoint Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

20.4% of Bridgepoint Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Bridgepoint Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SLPE or BPT?

Standard Life Private Equity Trust received 127 more outperform votes than Bridgepoint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Bridgepoint Group an outperform vote while only 69.70% of users gave Standard Life Private Equity Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	Outperform Votes 138 69.70%	Underperform Votes 60 30.30%
Bridgepoint Group	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%

Summary

Bridgepoint Group beats Standard Life Private Equity Trust on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.