3IN vs. UKW, EMG, RCP, ATST, ABDN, JGGI, STJ, PCT, MNKS, and HICL
Should you be buying 3i Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 3i Infrastructure include Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Man Group (EMG), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Alliance Trust (ATST), abrdn (ABDN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), St. James's Place (STJ), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Monks (MNKS), and HICL Infrastructure (HICL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
3i Infrastructure (LON:3IN) and Greencoat UK Wind (LON:UKW) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, 3i Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than Greencoat UK Wind. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for 3i Infrastructure and 1 mentions for Greencoat UK Wind. 3i Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Greencoat UK Wind's score of 0.00 indicating that 3i Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
54.2% of 3i Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.4% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of 3i Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
3i Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Greencoat UK Wind. Greencoat UK Wind is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3i Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3i Infrastructure has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greencoat UK Wind has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
3i Infrastructure received 3 more outperform votes than Greencoat UK Wind when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.28% of users gave Greencoat UK Wind an outperform vote while only 65.95% of users gave 3i Infrastructure an outperform vote.
3i Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Greencoat UK Wind pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. 3i Infrastructure pays out 3,243.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greencoat UK Wind pays out 2,381.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greencoat UK Wind is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
3i Infrastructure has a net margin of 98.26% compared to Greencoat UK Wind's net margin of 53.84%. 3i Infrastructure's return on equity of 11.00% beat Greencoat UK Wind's return on equity.
Summary
3i Infrastructure beats Greencoat UK Wind on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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