Brunner (BUT) Competitors

Brunner (LON:BUT) and HICL Infrastructure (LON:HICL) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BUT or HICL?

17.4% of Brunner shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of Brunner shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BUT or HICL?

Brunner has higher revenue and earnings than HICL Infrastructure. Brunner 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
Brunner	£111.40M	5.51	£105.32M	£241.42	5.85
HICL Infrastructure	£105.30M	23.34	£101.36M	£5.10	24.21

Is BUT or HICL more profitable?

HICL Infrastructure has a net margin of 96.27% compared to Brunner's net margin of 94.54%. Brunner's return on equity of 18.49% beat HICL Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brunner	94.54%	18.49%	11.63%
HICL Infrastructure	96.27%	3.24%	0.58%

Is BUT or HICL a better dividend stock?

Brunner pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Brunner pays out 9.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, BUT or HICL?

Brunner has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BUT or HICL?

In the previous week, HICL Infrastructure had 2 more articles in the media than Brunner. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for HICL Infrastructure and 0 mentions for Brunner. HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Brunner's score of 0.67 indicating that HICL Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brunner	Positive
HICL Infrastructure	Positive

Summary

Brunner beats HICL Infrastructure on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.