AEET vs. DEVC, DDV1, RIII, VNH, AEFS, BHIB, LIV, BHI, VIN, and JGCI
Should you be buying Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust include Draper Esprit VCT (DEVC), Downing One VCT (DDV1), Rights & Issues Investment Trust (RIII), VietNam (VNH), Alcentra European Floating Rate Income Fund (AEFS), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHIB), Livermore Investments Group (LIV), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHI), Value And Income Trust Plc (VIN.L) (VIN), and JPMorgan Global Equity Income Fund (JGCI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust vs. Its Competitors
Draper Esprit VCT (LON:DEVC) and Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust (LON:AEET) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Draper Esprit VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share. Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.8%. Draper Esprit VCT pays out 0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust pays out 372.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Draper Esprit VCT. Draper Esprit VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Draper Esprit VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
83.9% of Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust has a net margin of 27.99% compared to Draper Esprit VCT's net margin of 0.00%. Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust's return on equity of 1.81% beat Draper Esprit VCT's return on equity.
Summary
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust beats Draper Esprit VCT on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:AEET) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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