CQS New City High Yield Fund (NCYF) Competitors

CQS New City High Yield Fund (LON:NCYF) and The Diverse Income Trust (LON:DIVI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, NCYF or DIVI?

CQS New City High Yield Fund has higher revenue and earnings than The Diverse Income Trust. The Diverse Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CQS New City High Yield Fund, 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
CQS New City High Yield Fund	£23.34M	11.79	£17.89M	£0.03	1,706.67
The Diverse Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	-£0.18	-471.11

Does the media refer more to NCYF or DIVI?

In the previous week, The Diverse Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than CQS New City High Yield Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The Diverse Income Trust and 0 mentions for CQS New City High Yield Fund. The Diverse Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat CQS New City High Yield Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that The Diverse Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CQS New City High Yield Fund	Neutral
The Diverse Income Trust	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NCYF or DIVI?

8.0% of CQS New City High Yield Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of The Diverse Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of CQS New City High Yield Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of The Diverse Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is NCYF or DIVI a better dividend stock?

CQS New City High Yield Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. The Diverse Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. CQS New City High Yield Fund pays out 13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Diverse Income Trust pays out -2,222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts recommend NCYF or DIVI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CQS New City High Yield Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
The Diverse Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NCYF or DIVI?

CQS New City High Yield Fund received 24 more outperform votes than The Diverse Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.96% of users gave The Diverse Income Trust an outperform vote while only 65.04% of users gave CQS New City High Yield Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CQS New City High Yield Fund	Outperform Votes 147 65.04%	Underperform Votes 79 34.96%
The Diverse Income Trust	Outperform Votes 123 67.96%	Underperform Votes 58 32.04%

Is NCYF or DIVI more profitable?

CQS New City High Yield Fund has a net margin of 76.66% compared to The Diverse Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. CQS New City High Yield Fund's return on equity of 7.27% beat The Diverse Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CQS New City High Yield Fund	76.66%	7.27%	4.54%
The Diverse Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

CQS New City High Yield Fund beats The Diverse Income Trust on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.