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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders 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 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.

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 MarketBeat Community prefer 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

Does the media favor WTAN or ORIT?

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.

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	13.83	£18.16M	£3.27	22.03

Which has more volatility & risk, WTAN or ORIT?

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.

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 8.3%. 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.