NESF vs. MYI, FEV, N91, PNL, ATT, 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 Murray International (MYI), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Ninety One Group (N91), Personal Assets (PNL), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), 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 Murray International (LON:MYI) 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 valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
69.9% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of Murray International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Murray International shares are held 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.
NextEnergy Solar Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Murray International pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays out -341.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Murray International pays out 39.9% 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.
Murray International has a net margin of 90.03% compared to NextEnergy Solar Fund's net margin of -408.61%. Murray International's return on equity of 10.98% beat NextEnergy Solar Fund's return on equity.
NextEnergy Solar Fund has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Murray International has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Murray International had 1 more articles in the media than NextEnergy Solar Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Murray International and 0 mentions for NextEnergy Solar Fund. Murray International's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat NextEnergy Solar Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Murray International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Murray International has higher revenue and earnings than NextEnergy Solar Fund. NextEnergy Solar Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Murray International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Murray International beats NextEnergy Solar Fund on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:NESF) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff