EGL vs. CGT, JEO, OCI, APEO, SAIN, SLPE, IEM, MUT, TFIF, and MRCH
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 Capital Gearing (CGT), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), Murray Income Trust (MUT), TwentyFour Income (TFIF), and The Merchants Trust (MRCH). 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 Capital Gearing (LON:CGT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
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.
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Gearing has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
43.9% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of Capital Gearing shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Capital Gearing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
Summary
Capital Gearing 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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This page (LON:EGL) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
