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Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) Competitors

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GBX 97 +0.90 (+0.94%)
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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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Quilter
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 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

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Quilter
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Bluefield Solar Income Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Quilter0.78% 3.33% 0.21%
Bluefield Solar Income Fund 129.55%-1.19%0.96%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Quilter£6.38B0.35£49.61M£3.7245.36
Bluefield Solar Income Fund-£7.22M-79.88-£9.36M-£1.57-61.95

Summary

Quilter beats Bluefield Solar Income Fund on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BSIF vs. The Competition

MetricBluefield Solar Income FundAsset Management IndustryFinance SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£577.00M£1.30B£12.11B£3.02B
Dividend Yield10.21%4.40%5.56%5.02%
P/E Ratio-61.9522.2918.37165.88
Price / Sales-79.882,351.9226.07285,131.44
Price / Cash453.9560.7121.6827.97
Price / Book0.761.232.314.46
Net Income-£9.36M£263.65M£997.60M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.53%0.22%0.42%3.82%
1 Month Performance1.89%2.81%4.37%9.81%
1 Year Performance-10.52%5.94%541.75%74.29%

Bluefield Solar Income Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BSIF
Bluefield Solar Income Fund
N/AGBX 97
+0.9%
N/A-11.1%£577.00M-£7.22M-61.95N/A
QLT
Quilter
0.4007 of 5 stars
GBX 166.20
+0.2%
GBX 159.33
-4.1%
+38.7%£2.21B£6.38B44.692,983News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
TRIG
The Renewables Infrastructure Group
N/AGBX 88.80
+0.2%
GBX 130
+46.4%
-9.8%£2.18B-£79.29M-58.53N/A
AJB
AJ Bell
0.591 of 5 stars
GBX 524
-0.5%
GBX 461.67
-11.9%
+32.4%£2.16B£244.77M26.801,373Dividend Increase
Gap Down
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 195.88
+0.0%
N/A+17.9%£2.05B£160.96M15.71N/A
SSON
Smithson Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,516
-0.7%
N/A+9.2%£1.94B-£13.48M-45.29N/APositive News
RAT
Rathbones Group
0.9207 of 5 stars
GBX 1,858
-0.3%
GBX 2,087
+12.3%
+7.5%£1.93B£874.75M30.243,500
CLDN
Caledonia Investments
N/AGBX 3,560
-1.2%
N/A+1.8%£1.90B£231.70M9.5174Positive News
JAM
JPMorgan American
N/AGBX 1,036
-1.9%
N/A+5.0%£1.88B£431.16M4.49N/A
MRC
The Mercantile Investment Trust
N/AGBX 251
+0.2%
N/A+2.2%£1.86B£415.73M4.722,800
BHMG
BH Macro GBP
N/AGBX 395
+0.1%
N/A+5.9%£1.82B£35.67M42.66N/ANews Coverage

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This page (LON:BSIF) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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