SBRE vs. NESF, UEM, ATR, JUP, LIO, PCGH, PAC, JEGI, POLN, and MTW
Should you be buying Sabre Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sabre Insurance Group include NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), Utilico Emerging Markets (UEM), Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. (ATR), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), Liontrust Asset Management (LIO), Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust (PCGH), Pacific Assets (PAC), JPMorgan European Growth & Income (JEGI), Pollen Street Group (POLN), and Mattioli Woods (MTW). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Sabre Insurance Group (LON:SBRE) and NextEnergy Solar Fund (LON:NESF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
90.2% of Sabre Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Sabre Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are owned by company 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.
NextEnergy Solar Fund has a net margin of 73.40% compared to Sabre Insurance Group's net margin of 9.18%. Sabre Insurance Group's return on equity of 7.77% beat NextEnergy Solar Fund's return on equity.
In the previous week, Sabre Insurance Group had 1 more articles in the media than NextEnergy Solar Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Sabre Insurance Group and 0 mentions for NextEnergy Solar Fund. Sabre Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat NextEnergy Solar Fund's score of 0.13 indicating that Sabre Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sabre Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Sabre Insurance Group pays out 7,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays out 11,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Sabre Insurance Group received 11 more outperform votes than NextEnergy Solar Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.69% of users gave NextEnergy Solar Fund an outperform vote while only 58.05% of users gave Sabre Insurance Group an outperform vote.
Sabre Insurance Group has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextEnergy Solar Fund has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sabre Insurance Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 185.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.42%. Given Sabre Insurance Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sabre Insurance Group is more favorable than NextEnergy Solar Fund.
NextEnergy Solar Fund has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sabre Insurance Group. NextEnergy Solar Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sabre Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Sabre Insurance Group beats NextEnergy Solar Fund on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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