Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT) Competitors

Brunner (LON:BUT) and Mobius Investment Trust (LON:MMIT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BUT or MMIT?

Brunner received 99 more outperform votes than Mobius Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.83% of users gave Mobius Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 66.29% of users gave Brunner an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brunner	Outperform Votes 116 66.29%	Underperform Votes 59 33.71%
Mobius Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 17 70.83%	Underperform Votes 7 29.17%

Is BUT or MMIT a better dividend stock?

Brunner pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Mobius Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Brunner pays out 9.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mobius Investment Trust pays out 6.7% 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BUT or MMIT?

Brunner has higher revenue and earnings than Mobius Investment Trust. Brunner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mobius Investment Trust, 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
Brunner	£111.40M	5.35	£105.32M	£241.42	5.68
Mobius Investment Trust	£21.43M	7.02	£17.37M	£14.94	8.70

Is BUT or MMIT more profitable?

Brunner has a net margin of 94.54% compared to Mobius Investment Trust's net margin of 81.04%. Brunner's return on equity of 18.49% beat Mobius Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brunner	94.54%	18.49%	11.63%
Mobius Investment Trust	81.04%	10.49%	5.89%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BUT or MMIT?

17.4% of Brunner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.2% of Mobius Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.0% of Brunner shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.8% of Mobius Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, BUT or MMIT?

Brunner has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mobius Investment Trust has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BUT or MMIT?

In the previous week, Brunner had 1 more articles in the media than Mobius Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Brunner and 0 mentions for Mobius Investment Trust. Brunner's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Mobius Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Brunner is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brunner	Positive
Mobius Investment Trust	Neutral

Summary

Brunner beats Mobius Investment Trust on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.