EGL vs. JEO, TMPL, SLPE, APEO, IEM, MUT, OCI, NBPE, MRCH, and TFIF
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), Temple Bar (TMPL), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), Murray Income Trust (MUT), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), The Merchants Trust (MRCH), and TwentyFour Income (TFIF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust vs.
European Opportunities Trust (LON:JEO) and Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (LON:EGL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
European Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. European Opportunities Trust pays out -0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays out -89.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
In the previous week, European Opportunities Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust received 14 more outperform votes than European Opportunities Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.91% of users gave Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust an outperform vote while only 69.13% of users gave European Opportunities Trust an outperform vote.
European Opportunities Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than European Opportunities Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
43.9% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
