Majedie Investments (MAJE) Competitors

NextEnergy Solar Fund (LON:NESF) and Majedie Investments (LON:MAJE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NESF or MAJE?

Majedie Investments received 8 more outperform votes than NextEnergy Solar Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.01% of users gave Majedie Investments an outperform vote while only 65.69% of users gave NextEnergy Solar Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NextEnergy Solar Fund	Outperform Votes 90 65.69%	Underperform Votes 47 34.31%
Majedie Investments	Outperform Votes 98 71.01%	Underperform Votes 40 28.99%

Is NESF or MAJE a better dividend stock?

NextEnergy Solar Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Majedie Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Majedie Investments pays out 2,580.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NESF or MAJE?

Majedie Investments has higher revenue and earnings than NextEnergy Solar Fund. Majedie Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NextEnergy Solar Fund, 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
NextEnergy Solar Fund	-£22.75M	-21.63	-£40.40M	£0.08	1,041.25
Majedie Investments	£21.04M	5.87	£16.27M	£0.31	751.61

Which has more risk and volatility, NESF or MAJE?

NextEnergy Solar Fund has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Majedie Investments has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer NESF or MAJE?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NextEnergy Solar Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Majedie Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is NESF or MAJE more profitable?

Majedie Investments has a net margin of 77.33% compared to Majedie Investments' net margin of 0.00%. NextEnergy Solar Fund's return on equity of 13.29% beat Majedie Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NextEnergy Solar Fund	N/A	-5.92%	-2.16%
Majedie Investments	77.33%	13.29%	7.60%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NESF or MAJE?

69.9% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Majedie Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 58.4% of Majedie Investments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor NESF or MAJE?

In the previous week, Majedie Investments had 1 more articles in the media than NextEnergy Solar Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Majedie Investments and 0 mentions for NextEnergy Solar Fund. NextEnergy Solar Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Majedie Investments' score of 0.00 indicating that Majedie Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
NextEnergy Solar Fund	Neutral
Majedie Investments	Positive

Summary

Majedie Investments beats NextEnergy Solar Fund on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.