Diverse Income Trust (DIVI) Competitors

Diverse Income Trust (LON:DIVI) and ICG Enterprise Trust (LON:ICGT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

Does the media favor DIVI or ICGT?

In the previous week, ICG Enterprise Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Diverse Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ICG Enterprise Trust and 0 mentions for Diverse Income Trust. ICG Enterprise Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Diverse Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that ICG Enterprise Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Diverse Income Trust	Neutral
ICG Enterprise Trust	Very Positive

Is DIVI or ICGT a better dividend stock?

Diverse Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. ICG Enterprise Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Diverse Income Trust pays out -2,222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ICG Enterprise Trust pays out 67.9% 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. Diverse Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is DIVI or ICGT more profitable?

ICG Enterprise Trust has a net margin of 58.54% compared to Diverse Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Diverse Income Trust's return on equity of 15.25% beat ICG Enterprise Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diverse Income Trust	N/A	15.25%	N/A
ICG Enterprise Trust	58.54%	2.61%	0.78%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DIVI or ICGT?

ICG Enterprise Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Diverse Income Trust. Diverse Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICG Enterprise 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
Diverse Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	-£0.18	-573.44
ICG Enterprise Trust	£55.63M	17.10	£32.56M	£50.08	29.39

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DIVI or ICGT?

53.9% of Diverse Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Diverse Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

ICG Enterprise Trust beats Diverse Income Trust on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.