BSIF vs. HICL, INPP, CLDN, QLT, TRIG, SSON, AJB, MRC, BHMG, and TEM
Should you be buying Bluefield Solar Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bluefield Solar Income Fund include HICL Infrastructure (HICL), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), Quilter (QLT), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), AJ Bell (AJB), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), and Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund vs.
HICL Infrastructure (LON:HICL) and Bluefield Solar Income Fund (LON:BSIF) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, HICL Infrastructure had 6 more articles in the media than Bluefield Solar Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for HICL Infrastructure and 1 mentions for Bluefield Solar Income Fund. HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Bluefield Solar Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that HICL Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HICL Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Bluefield Solar Income Fund. Bluefield Solar Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HICL Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
54.7% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.7% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund has a net margin of 129.55% compared to HICL Infrastructure's net margin of 96.27%. HICL Infrastructure's return on equity of 3.24% beat Bluefield Solar Income Fund's return on equity.
HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bluefield Solar Income Fund has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. HICL Infrastructure pays out 156.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays out -574.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bluefield Solar Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
HICL Infrastructure received 53 more outperform votes than Bluefield Solar Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.81% of users gave HICL Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 60.11% of users gave Bluefield Solar Income Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
HICL Infrastructure beats Bluefield Solar Income Fund on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BSIF) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff