ORIT vs. BNKR, BRWM, FSV, JMG, ASL, IHP, HRI, ASHM, EDIN, and FGT
Should you be buying Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust include The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), IntegraFin (IHP), Herald (HRI), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), and Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust vs. Its Competitors
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (LON:ORIT) and The Bankers Investment Trust (LON:BNKR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Bankers Investment Trust has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. The Bankers Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust pays out -853.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Bankers Investment Trust pays out -137.9% 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. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust had 1 more articles in the media than The Bankers Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust and 1 mentions for The Bankers Investment Trust. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat The Bankers Investment Trust's score of 1.66 indicating that Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
34.1% of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The Bankers Investment Trust has a net margin of 94.23% compared to Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's net margin of 62.83%. The Bankers Investment Trust's return on equity of 15.93% beat Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's return on equity.
The Bankers Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Bankers Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust beats The Bankers Investment Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ORIT) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff