NESF vs. N91, FEV, MYI, ATT, PNL, WWH, WTAN, BRW, SNN, and BHMU
Should you be buying NextEnergy Solar Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextEnergy Solar Fund include Ninety One Group (N91), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Murray International (MYI), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Personal Assets (PNL), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Sanne Group (SNN), and BH Macro USD (BHMU). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
NextEnergy Solar Fund vs. Its Competitors
NextEnergy Solar Fund (LON:NESF) and Ninety One Group (LON:N91) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
NextEnergy Solar Fund has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ninety One Group has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
NextEnergy Solar Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Ninety One Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays out -341.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ninety One Group pays out 69.1% 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.
Ninety One Group has a consensus price target of GBX 190, indicating a potential downside of 1.71%. Given Ninety One Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ninety One Group is more favorable than NextEnergy Solar Fund.
Ninety One Group has a net margin of 26.24% compared to NextEnergy Solar Fund's net margin of -408.61%. Ninety One Group's return on equity of 42.90% beat NextEnergy Solar Fund's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ninety One Group had 8 more articles in the media than NextEnergy Solar Fund. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ninety One Group and 1 mentions for NextEnergy Solar Fund. Ninety One Group's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat NextEnergy Solar Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Ninety One Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
69.9% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Ninety One Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.3% of Ninety One Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ninety One Group has higher revenue and earnings than NextEnergy Solar Fund. NextEnergy Solar Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ninety One Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ninety One Group beats NextEnergy Solar Fund on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:NESF) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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