IPU vs. DORE, HHV, VSL, DUKE, CVCG, SSIT, KPC, MGCI, AEI, and MAJE
Should you be buying Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller include Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (DORE), Hargreave Hale AIM VCT (HHV), VPC Specialty Lending Investments (VSL), Duke Capital (DUKE), CVC Income & Growth GBP (CVCG), Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT), Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust (KPC), M&G Credit Income Investment (MGCI), abrdn Equity Income Trust (AEI), and Majedie Investments (MAJE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (LON:DORE) and Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller (LON:IPU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Downing Renewables & Infrastructure pays out 8,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller pays out -2,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller received 86 more outperform votes than Downing Renewables & Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller had 3 more articles in the media than Downing Renewables & Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller and 4 mentions for Downing Renewables & Infrastructure. Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Downing Renewables & Infrastructure's score of 1.22 indicating that Downing Renewables & Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller's return on equity of 0.00% beat Downing Renewables & Infrastructure's return on equity.
37.4% of Downing Renewables & Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller shares are held by institutional investors. 25.8% of Downing Renewables & Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller. Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Downing Renewables & Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure beats Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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