Origin Enterprises (OGN) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in OGN or SLS?

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

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 459.5%. 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.

Do analysts rate OGN or SLS?

Given Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's higher possible 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 better earnings & valuation, 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	10.70
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust	£222.48M	0.00	N/A	£217.40	N/A

Does the media refer more to OGN or SLS?

In the previous week, Origin Enterprises had 1 more articles in the media than Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Origin Enterprises and 0 mentions for Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust. 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 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.