Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) Competitors

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (LON:ORIT) and Witan Investment Trust (LON:WTAN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ORIT or WTAN?

60.0% of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of Witan Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Witan Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ORIT or WTAN more profitable?

Witan Investment Trust has a net margin of 89.43% compared to Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's net margin of 62.83%. Witan Investment Trust's return on equity of 13.68% beat Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	62.83%	3.10%	1.89%
Witan Investment Trust	89.43%	13.68%	7.95%

Which has more risk & volatility, ORIT or WTAN?

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Witan Investment Trust has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ORIT or WTAN a better dividend stock?

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Witan Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust pays out 183.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ORIT or WTAN?

Witan Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust. Witan Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Octopus Renewables Infrastructure 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
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	£28.91M	13.33	£18.16M	£3.27	21.23
Witan Investment Trust	£246.38M	0.00	£220.34M	£0.36	N/A

Does the media favor ORIT or WTAN?

In the previous week, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Witan Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust and 0 mentions for Witan Investment Trust. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Witan Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	Positive
Witan Investment Trust	Neutral

Summary

Witan Investment Trust beats Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.