BSIF vs. QLT, TRIG, AJB, TEM, SSON, RAT, CLDN, JAM, MRC, and BHMG
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), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), AJ Bell (AJB), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Rathbones Group (RAT), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), JPMorgan American (JAM), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), and BH Macro GBP (BHMG). 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Quilter had 3 more articles in the media than Bluefield Solar Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Quilter and 1 mentions for Bluefield Solar Income Fund. Quilter's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Bluefield Solar Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Quilter is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Quilter pays out 134.4% 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.
Quilter currently has a consensus target price of GBX 159.33, suggesting a potential downside of 5.55%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Quilter is more favorable than Bluefield Solar Income Fund.
Quilter has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bluefield Solar Income Fund has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.
79.1% of Quilter shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.7% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Quilter shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Quilter has higher revenue and earnings than Bluefield Solar Income Fund. Bluefield Solar Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Quilter beats Bluefield Solar Income Fund on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BSIF) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff