FSFL vs. SLPE, ICGT, NBPE, SOI, LIO, APEO, BGFD, TMPL, TRG, and CORD
Should you be buying Foresight Solar Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Foresight Solar Fund include Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), Schroder Oriental Income Fund (SOI), Liontrust Asset Management (LIO), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust (APEO), The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), Temple Bar Investment Trust (TMPL), The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG), and Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Foresight Solar Fund vs.
Standard Life Private Equity Trust (LON:SLPE) and Foresight Solar Fund (LON:FSFL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Foresight Solar Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Standard Life Private Equity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Foresight Solar Fund and 0 mentions for Standard Life Private Equity Trust. Foresight Solar Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Standard Life Private Equity Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Foresight Solar Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Foresight Solar Fund received 2 more outperform votes than Standard Life Private Equity Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.70% of users gave Standard Life Private Equity Trust an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Foresight Solar Fund an outperform vote.
Foresight Solar Fund has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Standard Life Private Equity Trust. Standard Life Private Equity Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Solar Fund, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.4% of Foresight Solar Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Foresight Solar Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Foresight Solar Fund has a net margin of 94.77% compared to Standard Life Private Equity Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Foresight Solar Fund's return on equity of 21.58% beat Standard Life Private Equity Trust's return on equity.
Standard Life Private Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Foresight Solar Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Standard Life Private Equity Trust pays out 0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Foresight Solar Fund pays out 2,800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Foresight Solar Fund beats Standard Life Private Equity Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FSFL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Foresight Solar Fund Competitors List
