SEIT vs. BGFD, GCP, BRSC, FEML, BRGE, JLEN, ESCT, JEDT, USA, and HSL
Should you be buying SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust include The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust (BRSC), Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML), BlackRock Greater Europe (BRGE), JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), JPMorgan European Discovery Trust (JEDT), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), and Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (LON:SEIT) and The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (LON:BGFD) 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 dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust pays out -30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays out -2,173.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust and SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust both had 1 articles in the media. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust's score of 0.83 indicating that The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust received 59 more outperform votes than SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.71% of users gave SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust an outperform vote.
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust's return on equity of -1.69% beat The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's return on equity.
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
68.5% of SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust beats The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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