AEET vs. FEN, GCL, MIG5, BEMO, CRS, TENT, SBSI, IVPG, MIG1, and EJFI
Should you be buying Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust include Frenkel Topping Group (FEN), Geiger Counter (GCL), Maven Income & Growth VCT 5 (MIG5), Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO), Crystal Amber (CRS), Triple Point Energy Transition (TENT), Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (SBSI), Invesco Select Glo Eq (IVPG), Maven Income & Growth VCT (MIG1), and EJF Investments (EJFI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust (LON:AEET) and Frenkel Topping Group (LON:FEN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust has a beta of -0.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frenkel Topping Group has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Frenkel Topping Group has higher revenue and earnings than Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust. Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frenkel Topping Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Frenkel Topping Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust pays out -50,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Frenkel Topping Group 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. Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Frenkel Topping Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust and 1 mentions for Frenkel Topping Group. Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Frenkel Topping Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Frenkel Topping Group has a net margin of 5.06% compared to Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust's net margin of -25.89%. Frenkel Topping Group's return on equity of 4.68% beat Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust's return on equity.
Frenkel Topping Group received 119 more outperform votes than Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
68.2% of Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Frenkel Topping Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of Frenkel Topping Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Frenkel Topping Group beats Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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