Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) Competitors

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (LON:EGL) and Capital Gearing (LON:CGT) 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 analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, EGL or CGT?

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Gearing has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EGL or CGT more profitable?

Capital Gearing has a net margin of 255.48% compared to Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust's net margin of 192.30%. Capital Gearing's return on equity of 5.25% 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%
Capital Gearing	255.48%	5.25%	-2.63%

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

43.9% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of Capital Gearing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Capital Gearing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EGL or CGT a better dividend stock?

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Capital Gearing pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust pays out -89.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Gearing pays out 24.4% 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, EGL or CGT?

Capital Gearing 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 Capital Gearing, 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	-£5.01M	-46.90	-£9.63M	-£8.92	-24.45
Capital Gearing	£17.92M	49.72	£45.77M	£245.96	19.47

Does the media refer more to EGL or CGT?

In the previous week, Capital Gearing had 3 more articles in the media than Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Capital Gearing and 0 mentions for Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust. Capital Gearing's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Capital Gearing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust	Neutral
Capital Gearing	Positive

Summary

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