US Solar Fund (USF) Competitors

Third Point Investors (LON:TPOU) and US Solar Fund (LON:USF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is TPOU or USF more profitable?

US Solar Fund has a net margin of 107.10% compared to Third Point Investors' net margin of 79.27%. Third Point Investors' return on equity of 16.16% beat US Solar Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Third Point Investors	79.27%	16.16%	11.57%
US Solar Fund	107.10%	-14.89%	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TPOU or USF?

Third Point Investors received 29 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 68.18% of users gave Third Point Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Third Point Investors	Outperform Votes 30 68.18%	Underperform Votes 14 31.82%
US Solar Fund	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TPOU or USF?

11.7% of Third Point Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of US Solar Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Third Point Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of US Solar Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, TPOU or USF?

Third Point Investors has higher revenue and earnings than US Solar Fund. US Solar Fund 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
Third Point Investors	£8.39B	0.05	£6.65B	£3.72	6.66
US Solar Fund	-£3.73B	-0.03	-£3.99B	-£0.13	-2.59

Is TPOU or USF a better dividend stock?

Third Point Investors pays an annual dividend of GBX 81 per share and has a dividend yield of 326.6%. US Solar Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1,488.1%. Third Point Investors pays out 2,174.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. US Solar Fund pays out -3,857.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. US Solar Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor TPOU or USF?

In the previous week, Third Point Investors had 1 more articles in the media than US Solar Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Third Point Investors and 1 mentions for US Solar Fund. Third Point Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat US Solar Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Third Point Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Third Point Investors	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
US Solar Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Third Point Investors beats US Solar Fund on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.