Third Point Investors (TPOU) Competitors

Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) and Third Point Investors (LON:TPOU) 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 institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SSON or TPOU?

Third Point Investors received 30 more outperform votes than Smithson Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Smithson Investment Trust	N/A	N/A
Third Point Investors	Outperform Votes 30 68.18%	Underperform Votes 14 31.82%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SSON or TPOU?

Third Point Investors has higher revenue and earnings than Smithson Investment Trust. Smithson Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Third Point Investors, 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
Smithson Investment Trust	-£13.48M	-128.98	-£42.74M	-£33.47	-40.63
Third Point Investors	£8.39B	0.05	£6.65B	£3.72	6.36

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SSON or TPOU?

19.1% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Third Point Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Third Point Investors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor SSON or TPOU?

In the previous week, Third Point Investors had 2 more articles in the media than Smithson Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Third Point Investors and 0 mentions for Smithson Investment Trust. Third Point Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Smithson Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Third Point Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Smithson Investment Trust	Neutral
Third Point Investors	Positive

Is SSON or TPOU more profitable?

Smithson Investment Trust has a net margin of 317.04% compared to Third Point Investors' net margin of 79.27%. Third Point Investors' return on equity of 16.16% beat Smithson Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smithson Investment Trust	317.04%	-2.13%	N/A
Third Point Investors	79.27%	16.16%	11.57%

Summary

Third Point Investors beats Smithson Investment Trust on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.