UIL (UTL) Competitors

Anglo-Eastern Plantations (LON:AEP) and UIL (LON:UTL) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has better valuation and earnings, AEP or UTL?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations has higher revenue and earnings than UIL. UIL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anglo-Eastern Plantations, 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
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	£461.13M	0.81	£81.78M	£129.21	5.79
UIL	-£16.90M	-5.55	-£26.39M	-£29.84	-3.55

Is AEP or UTL a better dividend stock?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. UIL pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UIL pays out -26.8% 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. UIL is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer AEP or UTL?

In the previous week, UIL had 1 more articles in the media than Anglo-Eastern Plantations. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for UIL and 0 mentions for Anglo-Eastern Plantations. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat UIL's score of -0.31 indicating that Anglo-Eastern Plantations is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	Neutral
UIL	Neutral

Is AEP or UTL more profitable?

UIL has a net margin of 156.15% compared to Anglo-Eastern Plantations' net margin of 17.74%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' return on equity of 12.46% beat UIL's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	17.74%	12.46%	7.34%
UIL	156.15%	-16.21%	-3.94%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AEP or UTL?

6.4% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by institutional investors. 70.5% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 78.0% of UIL shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, AEP or UTL?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UIL has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AEP or UTL?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations received 37 more outperform votes than UIL when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.99% of users gave UIL an outperform vote while only 68.51% of users gave Anglo-Eastern Plantations an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	Outperform Votes 124 68.51%	Underperform Votes 57 31.49%
UIL	Outperform Votes 87 76.99%	Underperform Votes 26 23.01%

Summary

Anglo-Eastern Plantations beats UIL on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.