Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) Competitors

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.

Does the media prefer HICL or BSIF?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HICL Infrastructure	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, HICL or BSIF?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HICL Infrastructure	£105.30M	21.29	£101.36M	£5.10	22.09
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	-£7.22M	-75.68	-£9.36M	-£1.57	-58.69

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HICL or BSIF?

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.

Is HICL or BSIF more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HICL Infrastructure	96.27%	3.24%	0.58%
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	129.55%	-1.19%	0.96%

Which has more risk & volatility, HICL or BSIF?

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.

Is HICL or BSIF a better dividend stock?

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HICL or BSIF?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HICL Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 166 72.81%	Underperform Votes 62 27.19%
Bluefield Solar Income Fund	Outperform Votes 113 60.11%	Underperform Votes 75 39.89%

Summary

HICL Infrastructure beats Bluefield Solar Income Fund on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.