Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) Competitors

Temple Bar (LON:TMPL) and Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (LON:EGL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Is TMPL or EGL more profitable?

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust has a net margin of 192.30% compared to Temple Bar's net margin of 98.26%. Temple Bar's return on equity of 20.62% beat Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Temple Bar	98.26%	20.62%	7.08%
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust	192.30%	-4.40%	-4.86%

Does the media refer more to TMPL or EGL?

In the previous week, Temple Bar's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Temple Bar	Neutral
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TMPL or EGL?

Temple Bar received 20 more outperform votes than Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.87% of users gave Temple Bar an outperform vote while only 70.91% of users gave Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Temple Bar	Outperform Votes 137 72.87%	Underperform Votes 51 27.13%
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust	Outperform Votes 117 70.91%	Underperform Votes 48 29.09%

Is TMPL or EGL a better dividend stock?

Temple Bar pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Temple Bar pays out 18.6% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in TMPL or EGL?

34.5% of Temple Bar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.9% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Temple Bar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are held by company 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TMPL or EGL?

Temple Bar 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 Temple Bar, 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
Temple Bar	£157.64M	5.38	£154.90M	£53.87	5.50
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust	-£5.01M	-42.59	-£9.63M	-£8.92	-22.21

Which has more risk and volatility, TMPL or EGL?

Temple Bar has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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