EGL vs. SCP, BMD, SMIF, SCF, FTV, IAT, JCGI, BSV, DGI9, and PEMB
Should you be buying Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra include Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP), Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (BMD), TwentyFour Select Monthly Income (SMIF), Schroder Income Growth Fund (SCF), Foresight VCT (FTV), Invesco Asia Trust (IAT), JPMorgan China Growth & Income (JCGI), British Smaller Companies VCT (BSV), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), and Pembroke VCT B (PEMB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Schroder UK Mid Cap (LON:SCP) and Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra (LON:EGL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and risk.
Schroder UK Mid Cap pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Schroder UK Mid Cap pays out 2,187.5% 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 & Infra pays out -4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Schroder UK Mid Cap has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Schroder UK Mid Cap has higher revenue and earnings than Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra. Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder UK Mid Cap, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
33.6% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra received 13 more outperform votes than Schroder UK Mid Cap when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.91% of users gave Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra an outperform vote while only 69.33% of users gave Schroder UK Mid Cap an outperform vote.
Schroder UK Mid Cap has a net margin of 91.69% compared to Schroder UK Mid Cap's net margin of 0.00%. Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra's return on equity of 16.54% beat Schroder UK Mid Cap's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Schroder UK Mid Cap'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Schroder UK Mid Cap beats Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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