NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE) Competitors

3i Infrastructure (LON:3IN) and NB Private Equity Partners (LON:NBPE) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in 3IN or NBPE?

55.1% of 3i Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of NB Private Equity Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of 3i Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of NB Private Equity Partners shares are owned by company 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 3IN or NBPE?

3i Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than NB Private Equity Partners. NB Private Equity Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3i Infrastructure, 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
3i Infrastructure	£374M	8.67	£347M	£0.38	925.00
NB Private Equity Partners	£12.90M	64.10	-£27.74M	-£38.13	-37.40

Which has more risk and volatility, 3IN or NBPE?

3i Infrastructure has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NB Private Equity Partners has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is 3IN or NBPE more profitable?

3i Infrastructure has a net margin of 92.78% compared to NB Private Equity Partners' net margin of -215.03%. 3i Infrastructure's return on equity of 10.77% beat NB Private Equity Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
3i Infrastructure	92.78%	10.77%	4.83%
NB Private Equity Partners	-215.03%	-1.71%	-0.61%

Is 3IN or NBPE a better dividend stock?

3i Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. NB Private Equity Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 71 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. 3i Infrastructure pays out 3,157.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NB Private Equity Partners pays out -186.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NB Private Equity Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer 3IN or NBPE?

In the previous week, 3i Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than NB Private Equity Partners. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for 3i Infrastructure and 0 mentions for NB Private Equity Partners. NB Private Equity Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat 3i Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that NB Private Equity Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
3i Infrastructure	Neutral
NB Private Equity Partners	Positive

Summary

3i Infrastructure beats NB Private Equity Partners on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.