Good Energy Group (GOOD) Competitors

Good Energy Group (LON:GOOD) and abrdn Equity Income Trust (LON:AEI) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the media favor GOOD or AEI?

In the previous week, Good Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled abrdn Equity Income Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Good Energy Group	Neutral
abrdn Equity Income Trust	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GOOD or AEI?

Good Energy Group received 172 more outperform votes than abrdn Equity Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Good Energy Group	Outperform Votes 172 62.55%	Underperform Votes 103 37.45%
abrdn Equity Income Trust	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer GOOD or AEI?

Good Energy Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 500, suggesting a potential upside of 2.25%. Given Good Energy Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Good Energy Group is more favorable than abrdn Equity Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Good Energy Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
abrdn Equity Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GOOD or AEI?

9.3% of Good Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 51.1% of Good Energy Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of abrdn Equity Income Trust 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.

Is GOOD or AEI a better dividend stock?

Good Energy Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Good Energy Group pays out -7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays out -4,961.9% 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. abrdn Equity Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, GOOD or AEI?

Good Energy Group has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Equity Income Trust has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GOOD or AEI more profitable?

Good Energy Group has a net margin of -3.30% compared to abrdn Equity Income Trust's net margin of -6.55%. abrdn Equity Income Trust's return on equity of -0.14% beat Good Energy Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Good Energy Group	-3.30%	-14.35%	-0.95%
abrdn Equity Income Trust	-6.55%	-0.14%	0.71%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GOOD or AEI?

abrdn Equity Income Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Good Energy Group. abrdn Equity Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Good Energy Group, 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
Good Energy Group	£215.83M	0.42	-£7.12M	-£38.65	-12.65
abrdn Equity Income Trust	£3.37M	47.58	-£220.80K	-£0.46	-724.88

Summary

abrdn Equity Income Trust beats Good Energy Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.