Fair Oaks Income 2021 (FAIR) Competitors

Fair Oaks Income 2021 (LON:FAIR) and abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (LON:APEO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

Does the media favor FAIR or APEO?

In the previous week, Fair Oaks Income 2021 had 2 more articles in the media than abrdn Private Equity Opportunities. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fair Oaks Income 2021 and 0 mentions for abrdn Private Equity Opportunities. Fair Oaks Income 2021's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat abrdn Private Equity Opportunities' score of 0.00 indicating that Fair Oaks Income 2021 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fair Oaks Income 2021	Neutral
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FAIR or APEO?

Fair Oaks Income 2021 received 25 more outperform votes than abrdn Private Equity Opportunities when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fair Oaks Income 2021	Outperform Votes 25 69.44%	Underperform Votes 11 30.56%
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities	N/A	N/A

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FAIR or APEO?

Fair Oaks Income 2021 has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Private Equity Opportunities. abrdn Private Equity Opportunities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fair Oaks Income 2021, 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
Fair Oaks Income 2021	£3.00B	0.07	£2.91B	£0.07	7.49
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities	£80.21M	0.00	£60.96M	£0.40	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FAIR or APEO?

32.2% of Fair Oaks Income 2021 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of abrdn Private Equity Opportunities shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of abrdn Private Equity Opportunities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is FAIR or APEO a better dividend stock?

Fair Oaks Income 2021 pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1,535.5%. abrdn Private Equity Opportunities pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share. Fair Oaks Income 2021 pays out 11,502.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. abrdn Private Equity Opportunities pays out 4,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is FAIR or APEO more profitable?

Fair Oaks Income 2021 has a net margin of 97.06% compared to abrdn Private Equity Opportunities' net margin of 76.01%. Fair Oaks Income 2021's return on equity of 12.24% beat abrdn Private Equity Opportunities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fair Oaks Income 2021	97.06%	12.24%	N/A
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities	76.01%	5.18%	3.35%

Summary

Fair Oaks Income 2021 beats abrdn Private Equity Opportunities on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.