USF vs. APQ, ADA, LAHL, BAF, TREE, EDGH, VOX, TPOU, TEAM, and BHGU
Should you be buying US Solar Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of US Solar Fund include APQ Global (APQ), Adams (ADA), Landscape Acquisition (LAHL), British & American Investment Trust (BAF), Cambium Global Timberland (TREE), Edge Performance VCT Public (EDGH), Vox Valor Capital (VOX), Third Point Investors (TPOU), TEAM (TEAM), and BH Global (BHGU). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
US Solar Fund vs.
US Solar Fund (LON:USF) and APQ Global (LON:APQ) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
US Solar Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1,265.8%. APQ Global pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 92.3%. US Solar Fund pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. APQ Global pays out -8,571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. US Solar Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
APQ Global has a net margin of 70.23% compared to US Solar Fund's net margin of 0.00%. APQ Global's return on equity of 106.45% beat US Solar Fund's return on equity.
APQ Global has higher revenue and earnings than US Solar Fund. APQ Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than US Solar Fund, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.4% of US Solar Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of APQ Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of US Solar Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.0% of APQ Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
APQ Global received 70 more outperform votes than US Solar Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave US Solar Fund an outperform vote while only 63.96% of users gave APQ Global an outperform vote.
In the previous week, US Solar Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat APQ Global's score of 0.00 indicating that US Solar Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
US Solar Fund beats APQ Global on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:USF) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
