SOI vs. BSIF, JII, DGN, POLR, RSE, OCI, SLPE, SWEF, and EAT
Should you be buying Schroder Oriental Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroder Oriental Income include Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Asia Dragon Trust (DGN), Polar Capital (POLR), Riverstone Energy (RSE), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), Starwood European Real Estate Finance (SWEF), and European Assets Trust (EAT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Schroder Oriental Income (LON:SOI) and Bluefield Solar Income Fund (LON:BSIF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Bluefield Solar Income Fund had 4 more articles in the media than Schroder Oriental Income. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Bluefield Solar Income Fund and 0 mentions for Schroder Oriental Income. Schroder Oriental Income's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Bluefield Solar Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund has a net margin of 98.78% compared to Schroder Oriental Income's net margin of 0.00%. Bluefield Solar Income Fund's return on equity of 21.41% beat Schroder Oriental Income's return on equity.
Schroder Oriental Income received 13 more outperform votes than Bluefield Solar Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.85% of users gave Schroder Oriental Income an outperform vote while only 60.11% of users gave Bluefield Solar Income Fund an outperform vote.
Schroder Oriental Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Schroder Oriental Income pays out -12,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays out 2,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Schroder Oriental Income has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bluefield Solar Income Fund has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Schroder Oriental Income. Schroder Oriental Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bluefield Solar Income Fund, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
32.6% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Bluefield Solar Income Fund beats Schroder Oriental Income on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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