Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. (ATR) Competitors

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. (LON:ATR) and EnQuest (LON:ENQ) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ATR or ENQ?

54.8% of Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of EnQuest shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of EnQuest shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, ATR or ENQ?

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EnQuest has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ATR or ENQ?

EnQuest has a consensus target price of GBX 26, suggesting a potential upside of 119.59%. Given EnQuest's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EnQuest is more favorable than Schroder Asian Total Return Inv..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
EnQuest	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ATR or ENQ?

EnQuest received 556 more outperform votes than Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.19% of users gave Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. an outperform vote while only 60.17% of users gave EnQuest an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	Outperform Votes 86 67.19%	Underperform Votes 42 32.81%
EnQuest	Outperform Votes 642 60.17%	Underperform Votes 425 39.83%

Does the media refer more to ATR or ENQ?

In the previous week, EnQuest had 3 more articles in the media than Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for EnQuest and 0 mentions for Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.. Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat EnQuest's score of -0.23 indicating that Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	Neutral
EnQuest	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ATR or ENQ?

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EnQuest. EnQuest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder Asian Total Return Inv., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	£41.66M	10.32	£35.38M	£0.35	1,282.86
EnQuest	£1.49B	0.15	-£30.83M	-£0.01	-1,184.00

Is ATR or ENQ more profitable?

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has a net margin of 84.92% compared to EnQuest's net margin of -2.07%. Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.'s return on equity of 7.81% beat EnQuest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.	84.92%	7.81%	4.75%
EnQuest	-2.07%	-6.55%	7.68%

Summary

Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. beats EnQuest on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.