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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GOOD or AEI?

Good Energy Group received 171 more outperform votes than abrdn Equity Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Good Energy Group	Outperform Votes 171 62.41%	Underperform Votes 103 37.59%
abrdn Equity Income Trust	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer GOOD or AEI?

Good Energy Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 475, indicating a potential upside of 85.55%. Given Good Energy Group's 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)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, 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.

Which has stronger valuation & 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	£254.70M	0.18	£2.88M	£0.17	1,505.88
abrdn Equity Income Trust	£3.37M	44.80	£3.02M	-£0.01	-31,600.00

Is GOOD or AEI more profitable?

Good Energy Group has a net margin of 1.13% compared to abrdn Equity Income Trust's net margin of -6.55%. Good Energy Group's return on equity of 7.10% beat abrdn Equity Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Good Energy Group	1.13%	7.10%	4.07%
abrdn Equity Income Trust	-6.55%	-0.14%	0.71%

Does the media refer more to GOOD or AEI?

In the previous week, Good Energy Group had 2 more articles in the media than abrdn Equity Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Good Energy Group and 0 mentions for abrdn Equity Income Trust. Good Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat abrdn Equity Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Good Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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 1.2%. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Good Energy Group pays out 1,764.7% 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 Equity Income Trust pays out -230,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn Equity Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GOOD or AEI?

9.6% of Good Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.1% of Good Energy Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Good Energy Group beats abrdn Equity Income Trust on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.