Rights & Issues Investment Trust (RIII) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ORIT or RIII?

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
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	£28.91M	14.14	£18.16M	£3.27	22.52
Rights & Issues Investment Trust	£16.38M	6.43	£15.28M	£314.53	6.93

Is ORIT or RIII a better dividend stock?

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 an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. 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. Rights & Issues Investment Trust pays out 13.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor ORIT or RIII?

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 media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
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

Is ORIT or RIII 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
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	62.83%	3.10%	1.89%
Rights & Issues Investment Trust	93.27%	12.60%	1.65%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ORIT or RIII?

60.0% of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Rights & Issues Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, ORIT or RIII?

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rights & Issues Investment Trust has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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