UKW vs. SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, SDR, HL, MNG, FCIT, STJ, and PCT
Should you be buying Greencoat UK Wind stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greencoat UK Wind include Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), Schroders (SDR), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), St. James's Place (STJ), and Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Greencoat UK Wind (LON:UKW) and Scottish Mortgage (LON:SMT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Greencoat UK Wind has a net margin of 37.28% compared to Scottish Mortgage's net margin of 0.00%. Greencoat UK Wind's return on equity of 2.13% beat Scottish Mortgage's return on equity.
Greencoat UK Wind pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Scottish Mortgage pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Greencoat UK Wind pays out 36,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Scottish Mortgage pays out -769.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
60.9% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Scottish Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Scottish Mortgage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Greencoat UK Wind has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scottish Mortgage has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Greencoat UK Wind received 46 more outperform votes than Scottish Mortgage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.28% of users gave Greencoat UK Wind an outperform vote while only 67.84% of users gave Scottish Mortgage an outperform vote.
Greencoat UK Wind has higher revenue and earnings than Scottish Mortgage. Scottish Mortgage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greencoat UK Wind, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Scottish Mortgage had 4 more articles in the media than Greencoat UK Wind. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Scottish Mortgage and 0 mentions for Greencoat UK Wind. Scottish Mortgage's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Greencoat UK Wind's score of 0.00 indicating that Scottish Mortgage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Greencoat UK Wind beats Scottish Mortgage on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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