CT UK High Income Trust (CHI) Competitors

Numis (LON:NUM) and CT UK High Income Trust (LON:CHI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is NUM or CHI a better dividend stock?

Numis pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share. CT UK High Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Numis pays out 55,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CT UK High Income Trust pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CT UK High Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation and earnings, NUM or CHI?

CT UK High Income Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Numis. Numis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT UK High Income Trust, 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
Numis	£130.31M	0.00	£1.82M	£0.02	N/A
CT UK High Income Trust	£14.56M	8.32	£11.22M	£0.12	849.59

Which has more risk and volatility, NUM or CHI?

Numis has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CT UK High Income Trust has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NUM or CHI?

In the previous week, Numis' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled CT UK High Income Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Numis	Neutral
CT UK High Income Trust	Neutral

Is NUM or CHI more profitable?

CT UK High Income Trust has a net margin of 84.52% compared to Numis' net margin of 1.40%. CT UK High Income Trust's return on equity of 10.59% beat Numis' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Numis	1.40%	0.98%	0.32%
CT UK High Income Trust	84.52%	10.59%	6.32%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in NUM or CHI?

50.5% of Numis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.1% of CT UK High Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.8% of Numis shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of CT UK High Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CT UK High Income Trust beats Numis on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.