Rights & Issues Investment Trust (RIII) Competitors

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

Is RIII or ORIT a better dividend stock?

Rights & Issues Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Rights & Issues Investment Trust pays out 13.7% 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 & risk, RIII or ORIT?

Rights & Issues Investment Trust has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, RIII or ORIT?

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Rights & Issues Investment Trust. Rights & Issues 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
Rights & Issues Investment Trust	£16.38M	6.52	£15.28M	£314.53	7.03
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	£28.91M	14.10	£18.16M	£3.27	22.46

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RIII or ORIT?

18.5% of Rights & Issues Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.0% of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 31.3% of Rights & Issues Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer RIII or ORIT?

In the previous week, Rights & Issues Investment Trust had 6 more articles in the media than Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Rights & Issues Investment Trust and 1 mentions for Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Rights & Issues Investment Trust's score of 0.03 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
Rights & Issues Investment Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Is RIII or ORIT more profitable?

Rights & Issues Investment Trust has a net margin of 93.27% compared to Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's net margin of 62.83%. Rights & Issues Investment Trust's return on equity of 12.60% beat Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rights & Issues Investment Trust	93.27%	12.60%	1.65%
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	62.83%	3.10%	1.89%

Summary

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust beats Rights & Issues Investment Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.