NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) Competitors

JTC (LON:JTC) and NextEnergy Solar Fund (LON:NESF) 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 dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Do analysts rate JTC or NESF?

JTC currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,275, indicating a potential upside of 10.49%. Given JTC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe JTC is more favorable than NextEnergy Solar Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JTC	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
NextEnergy Solar Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is JTC or NESF a better dividend stock?

JTC pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. JTC pays out -269.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays out -341.4% 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. NextEnergy Solar Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in JTC or NESF?

65.3% of JTC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of JTC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, JTC or NESF?

JTC has higher revenue and earnings than NextEnergy Solar Fund. JTC 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
JTC	£305.38M	6.42	£29.99M	-£0.04	-25,990.99
NextEnergy Solar Fund	£3.35M	116.15	-£13.68M	-£2.34	-28.55

Which has more volatility and risk, JTC or NESF?

JTC has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextEnergy Solar Fund has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer JTC or NESF?

In the previous week, JTC had 7 more articles in the media than NextEnergy Solar Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for JTC and 1 mentions for NextEnergy Solar Fund. NextEnergy Solar Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat JTC's score of 0.19 indicating that NextEnergy Solar Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JTC	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NextEnergy Solar Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is JTC or NESF more profitable?

JTC has a net margin of 10.29% compared to NextEnergy Solar Fund's net margin of -408.61%. JTC's return on equity of 5.70% beat NextEnergy Solar Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JTC	10.29%	5.70%	4.96%
NextEnergy Solar Fund	-408.61%	-2.33%	-2.16%

Summary

JTC beats NextEnergy Solar Fund on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.