BSIF vs. MRCH, JESC, SLPE, ICGT, EOT, JLEN, APAX, BTEM, BGSC, and SDP
Should you be buying Bluefield Solar Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bluefield Solar Income Fund include The Merchants Trust (MRCH), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), European Opportunities Trust (EOT), JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), British Empire Trust (BTEM), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), and Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund vs.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund (LON:BSIF) and The Merchants Trust (LON:MRCH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund received 32 more outperform votes than The Merchants Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.11% of users gave Bluefield Solar Income Fund an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave The Merchants Trust an outperform vote.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. The Merchants Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Bluefield Solar Income Fund pays out 2,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Merchants Trust pays out 9,333.3% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund has a net margin of 98.78% compared to The Merchants Trust's net margin of 82.25%. Bluefield Solar Income Fund's return on equity of 21.41% beat The Merchants Trust's return on equity.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund currently has a consensus price target of GBX 147, indicating a potential upside of 12.39%. Given Bluefield Solar Income Fund's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bluefield Solar Income Fund is more favorable than The Merchants Trust.
59.5% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.0% of The Merchants Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Bluefield Solar Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of The Merchants Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, The Merchants Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Bluefield Solar Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Merchants Trust and 0 mentions for Bluefield Solar Income Fund. The Merchants Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Bluefield Solar Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that The Merchants Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund has higher revenue and earnings than The Merchants Trust. Bluefield Solar Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Merchants Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Merchants Trust has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bluefield Solar Income Fund beats The Merchants Trust on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BSIF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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