BSIF vs. QLT, AJB, TEM, RAT, TRIG, JAM, SSON, MRC, BHMG, and MYI
Should you be buying Bluefield Solar Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bluefield Solar Income Fund include Quilter (QLT), AJ Bell (AJB), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Rathbones Group (RAT), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), JPMorgan American (JAM), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), and Murray International (MYI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund vs. Its Competitors
Quilter (LON:QLT) and Bluefield Solar Income Fund (LON:BSIF) are both asset management industry companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
42.6% of Quilter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Quilter shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Quilter has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bluefield Solar Income Fund has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bluefield Solar Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Quilter. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bluefield Solar Income Fund and 0 mentions for Quilter. Bluefield Solar Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Quilter's score of 0.36 indicating that Bluefield Solar Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Quilter pays out -216.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays out -451.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Bluefield Solar Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Quilter currently has a consensus target price of GBX 179.40, suggesting a potential upside of 9.39%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Quilter is more favorable than Bluefield Solar Income Fund.
Quilter has higher revenue and earnings than Bluefield Solar Income Fund. Quilter 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.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund has a net margin of 129.55% compared to Quilter's net margin of 0.78%. Quilter's return on equity of 3.33% beat Bluefield Solar Income Fund's return on equity.
Summary
Quilter beats Bluefield Solar Income Fund on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BSIF) was last updated on 8/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
