HEIT vs. MRCH, NBPE, AGT.LN, JESC, ESCT, SDP, GSCT, BGSC, CORD, and CGI
Should you be buying Harmony Energy Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harmony Energy Income Trust include The Merchants Trust (MRCH), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), AVI Global Trust (AGT.LN), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), and Canadian General Investments (CGI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Harmony Energy Income Trust vs. Its Competitors
The Merchants Trust (LON:MRCH) and Harmony Energy Income Trust (LON:HEIT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Harmony Energy Income Trust has a net margin of 106.46% compared to The Merchants Trust's net margin of 90.97%. The Merchants Trust's return on equity of 13.03% beat Harmony Energy Income Trust's return on equity.
The Merchants Trust has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harmony Energy Income Trust has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.
6.1% of The Merchants Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Harmony Energy Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of The Merchants Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Harmony Energy Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, The Merchants Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Harmony Energy Income Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
The Merchants Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Harmony Energy Income Trust. Harmony Energy Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Merchants Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Merchants Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Harmony Energy Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. The Merchants Trust pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Harmony Energy Income Trust pays out -53.3% 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. Harmony Energy Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
The Merchants Trust beats Harmony Energy Income Trust on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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.
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This page (LON:HEIT) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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