Weiss Korea Opportunity (WKOF) Competitors

Weiss Korea Opportunity (LON:WKOF) and CT UK High Income Trust (LON:CHIU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WKOF or CHIU?

Weiss Korea Opportunity received 69 more outperform votes than CT UK High Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Weiss Korea Opportunity	Outperform Votes 69 66.35%	Underperform Votes 35 33.65%
CT UK High Income Trust	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WKOF or CHIU?

74.0% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WKOF or CHIU more profitable?

Weiss Korea Opportunity has a net margin of 131.62% compared to CT UK High Income Trust's net margin of 86.27%. CT UK High Income Trust's return on equity of 10.97% beat Weiss Korea Opportunity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Weiss Korea Opportunity	131.62%	5.86%	N/A
CT UK High Income Trust	86.27%	10.97%	6.44%

Does the media prefer WKOF or CHIU?

In the previous week, Weiss Korea Opportunity's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat CT UK High Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Weiss Korea Opportunity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Weiss Korea Opportunity	Positive
CT UK High Income Trust	Neutral

Is WKOF or CHIU a better dividend stock?

Weiss Korea Opportunity pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. CT UK High Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share. Weiss Korea Opportunity pays out 50.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CT UK High Income Trust pays out 16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Weiss Korea Opportunity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, WKOF or CHIU?

CT UK High Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Weiss Korea Opportunity. CT UK High Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weiss Korea Opportunity, 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
Weiss Korea Opportunity	£5.20M	18.25	£6.84M	£9.88	13.87
CT UK High Income Trust	£12.28M	0.00	£10.59M	£0.09	N/A

Summary

Weiss Korea Opportunity beats CT UK High Income Trust on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.