Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (DORE) Competitors

Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (LON:DORE) and GCP Infrastructure Investments (LON:GCP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DORE or GCP?

GCP Infrastructure Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Downing Renewables & Infrastructure. Downing Renewables & Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GCP Infrastructure 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
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure	£6.55M	26.45	£6.43M	£3.89	26.34
GCP Infrastructure Investments	£74.34M	9.21	£15.58M	£1.74	43.91

Is DORE or GCP more profitable?

Downing Renewables & Infrastructure has a net margin of 98.10% compared to GCP Infrastructure Investments' net margin of 20.96%. Downing Renewables & Infrastructure's return on equity of 3.21% beat GCP Infrastructure Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure	98.10%	3.21%	N/A
GCP Infrastructure Investments	20.96%	1.63%	0.89%

Does the media favor DORE or GCP?

In the previous week, Downing Renewables & Infrastructure had 2 more articles in the media than GCP Infrastructure Investments. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Downing Renewables & Infrastructure and 0 mentions for GCP Infrastructure Investments. Downing Renewables & Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat GCP Infrastructure Investments' score of 0.00 indicating that Downing Renewables & Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure	Very Positive
GCP Infrastructure Investments	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DORE or GCP?

37.4% of Downing Renewables & Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.0% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 25.8% of Downing Renewables & Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate DORE or GCP?

GCP Infrastructure Investments has a consensus target price of GBX 90, suggesting a potential upside of 17.96%. Given GCP Infrastructure Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GCP Infrastructure Investments is more favorable than Downing Renewables & Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
GCP Infrastructure Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is DORE or GCP a better dividend stock?

Downing Renewables & Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Downing Renewables & Infrastructure pays out 128.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays out 402.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

GCP Infrastructure Investments beats Downing Renewables & Infrastructure on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.