SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT) Competitors

HICL Infrastructure (LON:HICL) and SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (LON:SEIT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and media sentiment.

Is HICL or SEIT a better dividend stock?

HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HICL Infrastructure pays out 358.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust pays out 98.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to HICL or SEIT?

In the previous week, SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat HICL Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HICL Infrastructure	Neutral
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HICL or SEIT?

31.1% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HICL or SEIT?

HICL Infrastructure has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HICL Infrastructure, 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
HICL Infrastructure	£49.90M	46.47	£101.36M	£0.02	5,226.09
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust	£72.50M	8.52	-£56.77M	£0.06	889.06

Is HICL or SEIT more profitable?

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust has a net margin of 125.95% compared to HICL Infrastructure's net margin of 96.27%. HICL Infrastructure's return on equity of 3.24% beat SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HICL Infrastructure	96.27%	3.24%	0.58%
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust	125.95%	-5.73%	-6.21%

Which has more risk and volatility, HICL or SEIT?

HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust beats HICL Infrastructure on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.