SHRS vs. DIG, NAIT, HEFT, JEMI, MWY, AUSC, OAP3, AIE, BHIU, and ANII
Should you be buying Shires Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shires Income include Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (DIG), North American Income Trust (NAIT), Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT), JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts (JEMI), Mid Wynd International Inv Tr (MWY), abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC), Octopus Apollo VCT (OAP3), Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHIU), and abrdn New India Investment Trust (ANII). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Shires Income (LON:SHRS) and Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (LON:DIG) 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 risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
0.6% of Shires Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.5% of Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of Shires Income shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Shires Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Shires Income pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust pays out 9,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Shires Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Shires Income. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Shires Income. Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Shires Income's score of 1.38 indicating that Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Shires Income has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust received 59 more outperform votes than Shires Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.70% of users gave Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Shires Income an outperform vote.
Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust has a net margin of 82.76% compared to Shires Income's net margin of 81.89%. Shires Income's return on equity of 11.45% beat Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust's return on equity.
Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Shires Income. Shires Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust beats Shires Income on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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