III vs. UKW, TRIG, FGT, JMG, HRI, SLPE, OCI, JII, SOI, and BSIF
Should you be buying 3i Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 3i Group include Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT), JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust (JMG), Herald Investment Trust (HRI), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Schroder Oriental Income Fund (SOI), and Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
3i Group (LON:III) and Greencoat UK Wind (LON:UKW) are both finance 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.
3i Group received 238 more outperform votes than Greencoat UK Wind when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.28% of users gave Greencoat UK Wind an outperform vote while only 70.54% of users gave 3i Group an outperform vote.
56.8% of 3i Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of 3i Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Greencoat UK Wind 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.
3i Group has a net margin of 95.86% compared to Greencoat UK Wind's net margin of 85.31%. 3i Group's return on equity of 27.62% beat Greencoat UK Wind's return on equity.
3i Group has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greencoat UK Wind has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
3i Group has higher revenue and earnings than Greencoat UK Wind. Greencoat UK Wind is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3i Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Greencoat UK Wind pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. 3i Group pays out 1,217.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greencoat UK Wind pays out 2,381.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Greencoat UK Wind had 1 more articles in the media than 3i Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Greencoat UK Wind and 2 mentions for 3i Group. 3i Group's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Greencoat UK Wind's score of -0.27 indicating that 3i Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
3i Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,550, suggesting a potential downside of 10.78%. Given 3i Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe 3i Group is more favorable than Greencoat UK Wind.
Summary
3i Group beats Greencoat UK Wind on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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