ORIT vs. WTAN, BRW, WWH, ATT, SNN, BHMU, JTC, PIN, N91, 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 Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Sanne Group (SNN), BH Macro USD (BHMU), JTC (JTC), Pantheon International (PIN), Ninety One Group (N91), and Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust vs.
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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Witan Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust and 0 mentions for Witan Investment Trust. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Witan Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Witan Investment Trust has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 8.3%. 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.
Summary
Witan Investment Trust beats Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ORIT) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff