UKW vs. TRIG, FGT, JMG, HRI, SLPE, OCI, JII, SOI, BSIF, and DGN
Should you be buying Greencoat UK Wind stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greencoat UK Wind include The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT), JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust (JMG), Herald Investment Trust (HRI), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Schroder Oriental Income Fund (SOI), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), and Asia Dragon Trust (DGN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (LON:TRIG) and Greencoat UK Wind (LON:UKW) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 135, suggesting a potential upside of 37.06%. Given Greencoat UK Wind's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe The Renewables Infrastructure Group is more favorable than Greencoat UK Wind.
56.2% of The Renewables Infrastructure Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of The Renewables Infrastructure Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Greencoat UK Wind has a net margin of 85.31% compared to Greencoat UK Wind's net margin of 0.00%. The Renewables Infrastructure Group's return on equity of 12.64% beat Greencoat UK Wind's return on equity.
In the previous week, The Renewables Infrastructure Group and The Renewables Infrastructure Group both had 3 articles in the media. Greencoat UK Wind's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat The Renewables Infrastructure Group's score of -0.27 indicating that The Renewables Infrastructure Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Greencoat UK Wind received 105 more outperform votes than The Renewables Infrastructure Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.28% of users gave Greencoat UK Wind an outperform vote while only 64.41% of users gave The Renewables Infrastructure Group an outperform vote.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greencoat UK Wind has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Greencoat UK Wind pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. The Renewables Infrastructure Group pays out 3,181.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greencoat UK Wind pays out 2,381.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greencoat UK Wind is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Greencoat UK Wind has higher revenue and earnings than The Renewables Infrastructure Group. Greencoat UK Wind is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Renewables Infrastructure Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Greencoat UK Wind beats The Renewables Infrastructure Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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