Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) Competitors

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (LON:EGL) and ICG Enterprise Trust (LON:ICGT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EGL or ICGT?

11.2% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.6% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EGL or ICGT more profitable?

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust has a net margin of 192.30% compared to ICG Enterprise Trust's net margin of 58.54%. ICG Enterprise Trust's return on equity of 2.61% beat Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust	192.30%	-4.40%	-4.86%
ICG Enterprise Trust	58.54%	2.61%	0.78%

Is EGL or ICGT a better dividend stock?

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. ICG Enterprise Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ICG Enterprise Trust pays out 20.8% 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.

Does the media prefer EGL or ICGT?

In the previous week, ICG Enterprise Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for ICG Enterprise Trust and 0 mentions for Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust. ICG Enterprise Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that ICG Enterprise Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust	Neutral
ICG Enterprise Trust	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, EGL or ICGT?

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICG Enterprise Trust has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, EGL or ICGT?

ICG Enterprise Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure 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
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust	£32.78M	6.81	-£9.63M	£0.27	776.24
ICG Enterprise Trust	£117.70M	7.48	£32.56M	£1.64	854.65

Summary

ICG Enterprise Trust beats Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.