Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in WTAN or ORIT?

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

Is WTAN or ORIT a better dividend stock?

Witan Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. 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 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. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WTAN or ORIT?

Witan Investment Trust received 93 more outperform votes than Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust an outperform vote while only 67.63% of users gave Witan Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Witan Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 94 67.63%	Underperform Votes 45 32.37%
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has more volatility and risk, WTAN or ORIT?

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

Is WTAN or ORIT 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
Witan Investment Trust	89.43%	13.68%	7.95%
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	62.83%	3.10%	1.89%

Does the media refer more to WTAN or ORIT?

In the previous week, Witan Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, WTAN or ORIT?

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
Witan Investment Trust	£246.38M	0.00	£220.34M	£0.36	N/A
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	£28.91M	14.27	£18.16M	£3.27	22.73

Summary

Witan Investment Trust beats Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.