Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9) Competitors

Digital 9 Infrastructure (LON:DGI9) and Real Estate Credit Investments (LON:RECI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Is DGI9 or RECI a better dividend stock?

Digital 9 Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 75.0%. Real Estate Credit Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Digital 9 Infrastructure pays out -11.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Real Estate Credit Investments pays out 11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Digital 9 Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor DGI9 or RECI?

In the previous week, Digital 9 Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Real Estate Credit Investments'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Digital 9 Infrastructure	Neutral
Real Estate Credit Investments	Neutral

Is DGI9 or RECI more profitable?

Real Estate Credit Investments has a net margin of 814.69% compared to Digital 9 Infrastructure's net margin of -10,114.37%. Real Estate Credit Investments' return on equity of 72.23% beat Digital 9 Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Digital 9 Infrastructure	-10,114.37%	-67.49%	N/A
Real Estate Credit Investments	814.69%	72.23%	4.07%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, DGI9 or RECI?

Real Estate Credit Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Digital 9 Infrastructure. Digital 9 Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Real Estate Credit Investments, 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
Digital 9 Infrastructure	£4.51M	15.11	-£456.44M	-£54.34	-0.15
Real Estate Credit Investments	£28.71M	9.47	£233.91M	£104.54	1.17

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DGI9 or RECI?

61.2% of Digital 9 Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Real Estate Credit Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Digital 9 Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Real Estate Credit Investments 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DGI9 or RECI?

Real Estate Credit Investments received 109 more outperform votes than Digital 9 Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.67% of users gave Real Estate Credit Investments an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Digital 9 Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Digital 9 Infrastructure	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%
Real Estate Credit Investments	Outperform Votes 109 72.67%	Underperform Votes 41 27.33%

Summary

Real Estate Credit Investments beats Digital 9 Infrastructure on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.