CHIB vs. USF, NTV, ROOF, JEMA, ARTL, SHRS, IPU, UTL, IVPU, and LIV
Should you be buying CT UK High Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CT UK High Income Trust include US Solar Fund (USF), Northern 2 VCT (NTV), Atrato Onsite Energy (ROOF), JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec (JEMA), Alpha Real Trust (ARTL), Shires Income (SHRS), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller (IPU), UIL (UTL), Invesco Select UK Equity (IVPU), and Livermore Investments Group (LIV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
CT UK High Income Trust vs. Its Competitors
US Solar Fund (LON:USF) and CT UK High Income Trust (LON:CHIB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
US Solar Fund has a net margin of 107.10% compared to CT UK High Income Trust's net margin of 84.52%. CT UK High Income Trust's return on equity of 10.59% beat US Solar Fund's return on equity.
91.4% of US Solar Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of CT UK High Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of US Solar Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of CT UK High Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
US Solar Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1,315.8%. CT UK High Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. US Solar Fund pays out -3,857.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CT UK High Income Trust pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. US Solar Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
CT UK High Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than US Solar Fund. US Solar Fund 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.
In the previous week, US Solar Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat CT UK High Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that US Solar Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CT UK High Income Trust beats US Solar Fund on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:CHIB) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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