SEIT vs. MNKS, EMG, HICL, CTY, HGT, HVPE, INPP, QLT, TRIG, and AJB
Should you be buying SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust include Monks (MNKS), Man Group (EMG), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), City of London (CTY), HgCapital Trust (HGT), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Quilter (QLT), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), and AJ Bell (AJB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust vs. Its Competitors
Monks (LON:MNKS) and SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (LON:SEIT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust has a net margin of 125.95% compared to Monks' net margin of 96.67%. Monks' return on equity of 24.08% beat SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust's return on equity.
Monks has higher revenue and earnings than SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
20.4% of Monks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.9% of SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Monks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Monks pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Monks pays out 0.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust pays out -116.0% 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. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Monks had 11 more articles in the media than SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Monks and 1 mentions for SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Monks' score of 0.21 indicating that SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Monks has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Monks beats SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SEIT) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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