NESF vs. JUP, POLN, UEM, ATR, LIO, PCGH, MTW, MWY, AAS, and JEGI
Should you be buying NextEnergy Solar Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextEnergy Solar Fund include Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), Pollen Street Group (POLN), Utilico Emerging Markets (UEM), Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. (ATR), Liontrust Asset Management (LIO), Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust (PCGH), Mattioli Woods (MTW), Mid Wynd International Inv Tr (MWY), abrdn Asia Focus (AAS), and JPMorgan European Growth & Income (JEGI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
NextEnergy Solar Fund (LON:NESF) and Jupiter Fund Management (LON:JUP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
NextEnergy Solar Fund has a net margin of 73.40% compared to Jupiter Fund Management's net margin of -3.50%. NextEnergy Solar Fund's return on equity of 7.20% beat Jupiter Fund Management's return on equity.
In the previous week, Jupiter Fund Management had 5 more articles in the media than NextEnergy Solar Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Jupiter Fund Management and 0 mentions for NextEnergy Solar Fund. Jupiter Fund Management's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat NextEnergy Solar Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Jupiter Fund Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Jupiter Fund Management has a consensus target price of GBX 78.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.17%. Given Jupiter Fund Management's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Jupiter Fund Management is more favorable than NextEnergy Solar Fund.
Jupiter Fund Management received 520 more outperform votes than NextEnergy Solar Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.69% of users gave NextEnergy Solar Fund an outperform vote while only 60.10% of users gave Jupiter Fund Management an outperform vote.
NextEnergy Solar Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Jupiter Fund Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays out 11,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Jupiter Fund Management pays out -23,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
67.7% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.1% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NextEnergy Solar Fund has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Jupiter Fund Management. Jupiter Fund Management 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.
NextEnergy Solar Fund has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jupiter Fund Management has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
NextEnergy Solar Fund and Jupiter Fund Management tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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