Origin Enterprises (OGN) Competitors

Origin Enterprises (LON:OGN) and Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (LON:SLS) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Is OGN or SLS more profitable?

Origin Enterprises has a net margin of 1.98% compared to Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Origin Enterprises' return on equity of 10.29% beat Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Origin Enterprises	1.98%	10.29%	2.96%
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OGN or SLS?

Origin Enterprises received 32 more outperform votes than Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.58% of users gave Origin Enterprises an outperform vote while only 66.12% of users gave Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Origin Enterprises	Outperform Votes 112 80.58%	Underperform Votes 27 19.42%
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust	Outperform Votes 80 66.12%	Underperform Votes 41 33.88%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of OGN or SLS?

62.1% of Origin Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Origin Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate OGN or SLS?

Given Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust is more favorable than Origin Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Origin Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, OGN or SLS?

Origin Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Enterprises, 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
Origin Enterprises	£183.08B	0.00	£3.62B	£0.35	10.19
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust	£222.48M	0.00	N/A	£217.40	N/A

Is OGN or SLS a better dividend stock?

Origin Enterprises pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 482.3%. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share. Origin Enterprises pays out 4,915.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer OGN or SLS?

In the previous week, Origin Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Origin Enterprises	Neutral
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust	Neutral

Summary

Origin Enterprises beats Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.