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Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) Competitors

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EGL vs. APAX, OCI, RICA, IEM, SAIN, MUT, CGT, JEO, NBPE, and APEO

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 Apax Global Alpha (APAX), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), Ruffer Investment (RICA), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Murray Income Trust (MUT), Capital Gearing (CGT), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), and abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust vs. Its Competitors

Apax Global Alpha (LON:APAX) and Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (LON:EGL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Apax Global Alpha has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 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.

In the previous week, Apax Global Alpha had 1 more articles in the media than Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Apax Global Alpha and 1 mentions for Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Apax Global Alpha's score of 0.11 indicating that Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apax Global Alpha
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Apax Global Alpha pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Apax Global Alpha pays out 1,866.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays out -89.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Apax Global Alpha 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 Apax Global Alpha, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apax Global Alpha£9.05M104.86£4.12M£0.59275.66
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust-£5.01M-47.17-£9.63M-£8.92-24.59

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust has a net margin of 192.30% compared to Apax Global Alpha's net margin of 45.55%. Apax Global Alpha's return on equity of 0.27% beat Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apax Global Alpha45.55% 0.27% 2.57%
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust 192.30%-4.40%-4.86%

16.5% of Apax Global Alpha shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.9% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 14.4% of Apax Global Alpha shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Apax Global Alpha beats Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EGL vs. The Competition

MetricEcofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£236.13M£1.31B£6.39B£3.06B
Dividend Yield4.37%4.39%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio-24.5922.4414.07177.80
Price / Sales-47.172,525.491,836.52271,973.37
Price / Cash19.9160.71127.6027.97
Price / Book1.041.462.254.60
Net Income-£9.63M£264.35M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-2.11%0.91%0.36%0.05%
1 Month Performance3.92%1.57%2.63%6.52%
1 Year Performance18.84%7.22%21.70%60.93%

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EGL
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust
N/AGBX 219.27
-0.8%
N/A+21.1%£236.13M-£5.01M-24.598,700News Coverage
Positive News
APAX
Apax Global Alpha
N/AGBX 163.48
+0.2%
N/A+6.3%£954.49M£9.05M277.36N/AHigh Trading Volume
OCI
Oakley Capital Investments
N/AGBX 538
flat
N/A+4.8%£949.09M£99.08M10.78N/ANews Coverage
RICA
Ruffer Investment
N/AGBX 284.50
+0.4%
N/A+3.8%£915.45M£16.91M103.49N/A
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 392
+0.5%
N/A+0.4%£910.03M£1.35M-97.50N/AGap Down
SAIN
Scottish American Investment
N/AGBX 520.30
+0.4%
N/A-1.7%£909.78M£75.38M10.43N/ANews Coverage
MUT
Murray Income Trust
N/AGBX 905
+0.7%
N/A+1.0%£904.17M£97.96M9.97147,000Dividend Cut
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,820
-0.2%
N/A+1.9%£896.40M£17.92M19.60N/A
JEO
European Opportunities Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£886.70M-£62.33M-12.93N/A
NBPE
NB Private Equity Partners
N/AGBX 1,528
-0.5%
N/A-11.6%£886.25M£12.90M-40.08N/A
APEO
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities
N/AN/AN/AN/A£880.29M£80.21M1,435.00N/A

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