RIII vs. IPO, RTW, POLR, HEFT, ORIT, DIG, BHIU, JEMI, NAIT, and NESF
Should you be buying Rights & Issues Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rights & Issues Investment Trust include IP Group (IPO), RTW Biotech Opportunities (RTW), Polar Capital (POLR), Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (DIG), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHIU), JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts (JEMI), North American Income Trust (NAIT), and NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Rights & Issues Investment Trust vs.
IP Group (LON:IPO) and Rights & Issues Investment Trust (LON:RIII) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
IP Group has a net margin of 106.78% compared to Rights & Issues Investment Trust's net margin of 93.27%. Rights & Issues Investment Trust's return on equity of 12.60% beat IP Group's return on equity.
IP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Rights & Issues Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. IP Group pays out -4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rights & Issues Investment Trust pays out 13.7% 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. IP Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Rights & Issues Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than IP Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Rights & Issues Investment Trust and 0 mentions for IP Group. IP Group's average media sentiment score of -0.28 beat Rights & Issues Investment Trust's score of -1.05 indicating that IP Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rights & Issues Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than IP Group. IP Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rights & Issues Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IP Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rights & Issues Investment Trust has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.2% of IP Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Rights & Issues Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of IP Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.3% of Rights & Issues Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
IP Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 126, suggesting a potential upside of 182.19%. Given IP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe IP Group is more favorable than Rights & Issues Investment Trust.
IP Group received 326 more outperform votes than Rights & Issues Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.52% of users gave IP Group an outperform vote while only 67.92% of users gave Rights & Issues Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
IP Group beats Rights & Issues Investment Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RIII) was last updated on 5/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
