EGL vs. JEO, ICGT, APEO, TFIF, RICA, SLPE, MUT, SDP, SAIN, and CGT
Should you be buying Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust include European Opportunities Trust (JEO), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), TwentyFour Income (TFIF), Ruffer Investment (RICA), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), Murray Income Trust (MUT), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), and Capital Gearing (CGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust vs. Its Competitors
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (LON:EGL) and European Opportunities Trust (LON:JEO) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
11.2% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
European Opportunities Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust. European Opportunities Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust had 1 more articles in the media than European Opportunities Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust and 0 mentions for European Opportunities Trust. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat European Opportunities Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. European Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. European Opportunities Trust pays out -0.1% 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.
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust has a net margin of 192.30% compared to European Opportunities Trust's net margin of 0.00%. European Opportunities Trust's return on equity of 0.00% beat Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust beats European Opportunities Trust on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:EGL) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
