TwentyFour Income (TFIF) Competitors

TwentyFour Income (LON:TFIF) and 3i Infrastructure (LON:3IN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Is TFIF or 3IN more profitable?

TwentyFour Income has a net margin of 1,552.21% compared to 3i Infrastructure's net margin of 92.78%. TwentyFour Income's return on equity of 103.44% beat 3i Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TwentyFour Income	1,552.21%	103.44%	N/A
3i Infrastructure	92.78%	10.77%	4.83%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TFIF or 3IN?

37.5% of TwentyFour Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.2% of 3i Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of TwentyFour Income shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of 3i Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TFIF or 3IN?

TwentyFour Income has higher earnings, but lower revenue than 3i Infrastructure. TwentyFour Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3i 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
TwentyFour Income	£106.24M	8.28	£868.58M	£0.14	817.14
3i Infrastructure	£338M	9.86	£347M	£0.36	1,001.39

Is TFIF or 3IN a better dividend stock?

TwentyFour Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. 3i Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. TwentyFour Income pays out 71.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 3i Infrastructure pays out 34.0% 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.

Does the media refer more to TFIF or 3IN?

In the previous week, 3i Infrastructure had 3 more articles in the media than TwentyFour Income. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for 3i Infrastructure and 3 mentions for TwentyFour Income. 3i Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat TwentyFour Income's score of -0.04 indicating that 3i Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TwentyFour Income	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
3i Infrastructure	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

3i Infrastructure beats TwentyFour Income on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.