Starwood European Real Estate Finance (SWEF) Competitors

ICG Enterprise Trust (LON:ICGT) and Starwood European Real Estate Finance (LON:SWEF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Is ICGT or SWEF more profitable?

Starwood European Real Estate Finance has a net margin of 80.09% compared to ICG Enterprise Trust's net margin of 58.54%. Starwood European Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 6.79% beat ICG Enterprise Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ICG Enterprise Trust	58.54%	2.61%	0.78%
Starwood European Real Estate Finance	80.09%	6.79%	N/A

Does the media refer more to ICGT or SWEF?

In the previous week, ICG Enterprise Trust had 5 more articles in the media than Starwood European Real Estate Finance. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ICG Enterprise Trust and 1 mentions for Starwood European Real Estate Finance. ICG Enterprise Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Starwood European Real Estate Finance's score of 1.14 indicating that ICG Enterprise Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ICG Enterprise Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Starwood European Real Estate Finance	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ICGT or SWEF?

Starwood European Real Estate Finance received 41 more outperform votes than ICG Enterprise Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.40% of users gave Starwood European Real Estate Finance an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave ICG Enterprise Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ICG Enterprise Trust	Outperform Votes 42 63.64%	Underperform Votes 24 36.36%
Starwood European Real Estate Finance	Outperform Votes 83 66.40%	Underperform Votes 42 33.60%

Is ICGT or SWEF a better dividend stock?

ICG Enterprise Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Starwood European Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. ICG Enterprise Trust pays out 67.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Starwood European Real Estate Finance pays out 90.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ICGT or SWEF?

65.6% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of Starwood European Real Estate Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Starwood European Real Estate Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ICGT or SWEF?

ICG Enterprise Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Starwood European Real Estate Finance. Starwood European Real Estate Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICG Enterprise Trust, 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
ICG Enterprise Trust	£55.63M	15.61	£32.56M	£50.08	26.84
Starwood European Real Estate Finance	£22.57M	10.38	£18.07M	£6.66	12.98

Summary

ICG Enterprise Trust beats Starwood European Real Estate Finance on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.