Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to PNL or ORIT?

In the previous week, Personal Assets and Personal Assets both had 1 articles in the media. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Personal Assets' score of 0.94 indicating that Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Personal Assets	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PNL or ORIT?

Personal Assets has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust. Personal Assets 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
Personal Assets	£107.31M	15.15	£124.81M	£39.23	13.00
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	£28.91M	14.25	£18.16M	£3.27	22.70

Is PNL or ORIT a better dividend stock?

Personal Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Personal Assets pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, PNL or ORIT?

Personal Assets has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PNL or ORIT more profitable?

Personal Assets has a net margin of 116.31% compared to Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's net margin of 62.83%. Personal Assets' return on equity of 7.96% beat Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Personal Assets	116.31%	7.96%	1.96%
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	62.83%	3.10%	1.89%

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

46.0% of Personal Assets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.0% of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of Personal Assets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Personal Assets beats Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.