UIL (UTL) Competitors

UIL (LON:UTL) and Anglo-Eastern Plantations (LON:AEP) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, UTL or AEP?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations has higher revenue and earnings than UIL. UIL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anglo-Eastern Plantations, 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
UIL	-£16.90M	-6.28	-£26.39M	-£29.84	-4.02
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	£461.13M	0.95	£81.78M	£129.21	6.81

Is UTL or AEP more profitable?

UIL has a net margin of 156.15% compared to Anglo-Eastern Plantations' net margin of 17.74%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' return on equity of 12.46% beat UIL's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UIL	156.15%	-16.21%	-3.94%
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	17.74%	12.46%	7.34%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in UTL or AEP?

6.4% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.0% of UIL shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.5% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer UTL or AEP?

In the previous week, UIL and UIL both had 1 articles in the media. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat UIL's score of 0.50 indicating that Anglo-Eastern Plantations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UIL	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, UTL or AEP?

UIL has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UTL or AEP a better dividend stock?

UIL pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. UIL pays out -26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 18.6% 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. UIL is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Anglo-Eastern Plantations beats UIL on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.