Weiss Korea Opportunity (WKOF) Competitors

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (LON:ORIT) and Weiss Korea Opportunity (LON:WKOF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ORIT or WKOF?

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Weiss Korea Opportunity. Weiss Korea Opportunity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust, 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
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	£25.30M	14.24	£18.47M	£0.03	2,136.67
Weiss Korea Opportunity	N/A	N/A	N/A	-£0.06	-2,300.00

Does the media favor ORIT or WKOF?

In the previous week, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Weiss Korea Opportunity. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust and 0 mentions for Weiss Korea Opportunity. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Weiss Korea Opportunity's score of 0.00 indicating that Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	Positive
Weiss Korea Opportunity	Neutral

Is ORIT or WKOF a better dividend stock?

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Weiss Korea Opportunity pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Weiss Korea Opportunity pays out -8,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ORIT or WKOF?

60.0% of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ORIT or WKOF?

Weiss Korea Opportunity received 68 more outperform votes than Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust an outperform vote while only 66.35% of users gave Weiss Korea Opportunity an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Weiss Korea Opportunity	Outperform Votes 69 66.35%	Underperform Votes 35 33.65%

Is ORIT or WKOF more profitable?

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust has a net margin of 73.02% compared to Weiss Korea Opportunity's net margin of 0.00%. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's return on equity of 3.08% beat Weiss Korea Opportunity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	73.02%	3.08%	1.89%
Weiss Korea Opportunity	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust beats Weiss Korea Opportunity on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.