Draper Esprit (LON:GROW) and Schroder UK Public Private Trust (LON:SUPP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Draper Esprit and Schroder UK Public Private Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Draper Esprit | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
Schroder UK Public Private Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Draper Esprit currently has a consensus target price of GBX 678, suggesting a potential downside of 16.30%. Given Draper Esprit's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Draper Esprit is more favorable than Schroder UK Public Private Trust.
Profitability
This table compares Draper Esprit and Schroder UK Public Private Trust's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Draper Esprit | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Schroder UK Public Private Trust | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Draper Esprit and Schroder UK Public Private Trust's revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Draper Esprit | £51.35 million | 21.94 | N/A | GBX 29.70 | 27.27 |
Schroder UK Public Private Trust | £-179,904,992.00 | -1.62 | N/A | GBX (21.60) | -1.48 |
Schroder UK Public Private Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Draper Esprit, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Draper Esprit beats Schroder UK Public Private Trust on 6 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.