GSF vs. SJG, BOOK, JAGI, AIE, BRK, SST, BIPS, HINT, HNE, and LWI
Should you be buying Gore Street Energy Storage Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund include Schroder Japan Trust (SJG), Literacy Capital (BOOK), JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (JAGI), Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK), The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust (SST), Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS), Henderson International Income Trust (HINT), Henderson EuroTrust (HNE), and Lowland (LWI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (LON:GSF) and Schroder Japan Trust (LON:SJG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. Schroder Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund pays out 8,888.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schroder Japan Trust pays out 1,923.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Schroder Japan Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Gore Street Energy Storage Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Schroder Japan Trust and 0 mentions for Gore Street Energy Storage Fund. Schroder Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Schroder Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Schroder Japan Trust has a net margin of 100.26% compared to Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's net margin of 81.80%. Schroder Japan Trust's return on equity of 10.74% beat Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's return on equity.
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Schroder Japan Trust. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder Japan Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder Japan Trust has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund currently has a consensus target price of GBX 85, suggesting a potential upside of 39.34%. Given Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Gore Street Energy Storage Fund is more favorable than Schroder Japan Trust.
40.3% of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Schroder Japan Trust received 82 more outperform votes than Gore Street Energy Storage Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.77% of users gave Schroder Japan Trust an outperform vote while only 16.22% of users gave Gore Street Energy Storage Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
Schroder Japan Trust beats Gore Street Energy Storage Fund on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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