NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) Competitors

Witan Investment Trust (LON:WTAN) 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 institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, WTAN or NESF?

Witan Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than NextEnergy Solar Fund. NextEnergy Solar Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Witan 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
Witan Investment Trust	£246.38M	0.00	£220.34M	£0.36	N/A
NextEnergy Solar Fund	£3.35M	115.76	-£13.68M	-£2.34	-28.45

Which has more volatility & risk, WTAN or NESF?

Witan Investment Trust has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextEnergy Solar Fund has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor WTAN or NESF?

In the previous week, Witan Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled NextEnergy Solar Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Witan Investment Trust	Neutral
NextEnergy Solar Fund	Neutral

Is WTAN or NESF more profitable?

Witan Investment Trust has a net margin of 89.43% compared to NextEnergy Solar Fund's net margin of -408.61%. Witan Investment Trust's return on equity of 13.68% beat NextEnergy Solar Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Witan Investment Trust	89.43%	13.68%	7.95%
NextEnergy Solar Fund	-408.61%	-2.33%	-2.16%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WTAN or NESF?

Witan Investment Trust received 4 more outperform votes than NextEnergy Solar Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.63% of users gave Witan Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 65.69% of users gave NextEnergy Solar Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Witan Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 94 67.63%	Underperform Votes 45 32.37%
NextEnergy Solar Fund	Outperform Votes 90 65.69%	Underperform Votes 47 34.31%

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

8.5% of Witan Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Witan Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WTAN or NESF a better dividend stock?

Witan Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Witan Investment Trust pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays out -341.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NextEnergy Solar Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Witan Investment Trust beats NextEnergy Solar Fund on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.