DIVI vs. MNP, NCYF, GSEO, BRFI, HHI, GABI, RECI, CCJI, MTE, and JUSC
Should you be buying The Diverse Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Diverse Income Trust include Martin Currie Global Portfolio (MNP), CQS New City High Yield (NCYF), VH Glob Sustainable Energy Opp (GSEO), BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI), Henderson High Income (HHI), GCP Asset Backed Income (GABI), Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI), CC Japan Income & Growth Trust (CCJI), Montanaro European Smaller (MTE), and JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio (LON:MNP) and The Diverse Income Trust (LON:DIVI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Martin Currie Global Portfolio had 1 more articles in the media than The Diverse Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Martin Currie Global Portfolio and 0 mentions for The Diverse Income Trust. The Diverse Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Martin Currie Global Portfolio's score of 0.00 indicating that Martin Currie Global Portfolio is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Diverse Income Trust received 19 more outperform votes than Martin Currie Global Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.80% of users gave Martin Currie Global Portfolio an outperform vote while only 67.96% of users gave The Diverse Income Trust an outperform vote.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. The Diverse Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Martin Currie Global Portfolio pays out 1,481.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Diverse Income Trust pays out -2,222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Diverse Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
10.6% of Martin Currie Global Portfolio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of The Diverse Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of Martin Currie Global Portfolio shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of The Diverse Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio has higher revenue and earnings than The Diverse Income Trust. The Diverse Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Martin Currie Global Portfolio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio has a net margin of 90.21% compared to Martin Currie Global Portfolio's net margin of 0.00%. The Diverse Income Trust's return on equity of 7.63% beat Martin Currie Global Portfolio's return on equity.
Summary
Martin Currie Global Portfolio beats The Diverse Income Trust on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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