SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT) Competitors

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (LON:SEIT) and Quilter (LON:QLT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SEIT or QLT?

Quilter received 62 more outperform votes than SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.71% of users gave SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust an outperform vote while only 60.83% of users gave Quilter an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust	Outperform Votes 11 64.71%	Underperform Votes 6 35.29%
Quilter	Outperform Votes 73 60.83%	Underperform Votes 47 39.17%

Does the media prefer SEIT or QLT?

In the previous week, SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Quilter. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust and 3 mentions for Quilter. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Quilter's score of 0.22 indicating that SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Quilter	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is SEIT or QLT a better dividend stock?

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust pays out -116.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quilter pays out 134.4% 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SEIT or QLT?

Quilter 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 Quilter, 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
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust	-£45.07M	-11.92	-£56.77M	-£5.17	-9.49
Quilter	£6.38B	0.34	£49.61M	£3.72	43.34

Do analysts rate SEIT or QLT?

Quilter has a consensus target price of GBX 135, suggesting a potential downside of 16.25%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Quilter is more favorable than SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is SEIT or QLT more profitable?

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust has a net margin of 125.95% compared to Quilter's net margin of 0.78%. Quilter's return on equity of 3.33% beat SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust	125.95%	-5.73%	-6.21%
Quilter	0.78%	3.33%	0.21%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SEIT or QLT?

65.9% of SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Quilter shares are held by institutional investors. 12.4% of SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Quilter shares are held 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 more volatility and risk, SEIT or QLT?

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. Comparatively, Quilter has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Quilter beats SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.