III vs. UKW, FGT, HRI, SLPE, OCI, JII, BSIF, SOI, DGN, and POLR
Should you be buying 3i Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 3i Group include Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Herald (HRI), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), Asia Dragon (DGN), and Polar Capital (POLR). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Greencoat UK Wind (LON:UKW) and 3i Group (LON:III) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
3i Group has higher revenue and earnings than Greencoat UK Wind. Greencoat UK Wind is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3i Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3i Group has a net margin of 95.86% compared to 3i Group's net margin of 85.31%. Greencoat UK Wind's return on equity of 27.62% beat 3i Group's return on equity.
Greencoat UK Wind pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. 3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Greencoat UK Wind pays out 2,381.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 3i Group pays out 1,217.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
59.5% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.8% of 3i Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of 3i Group 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.
3i Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,550, indicating a potential downside of 10.40%. Given Greencoat UK Wind's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe 3i Group is more favorable than Greencoat UK Wind.
In the previous week, 3i Group had 4 more articles in the media than Greencoat UK Wind. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for 3i Group and 1 mentions for Greencoat UK Wind. Greencoat UK Wind's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat 3i Group's score of -0.70 indicating that 3i Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Greencoat UK Wind has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3i Group has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
3i Group received 238 more outperform votes than Greencoat UK Wind when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.28% of users gave Greencoat UK Wind an outperform vote while only 70.54% of users gave 3i Group an outperform vote.
Summary
3i Group beats Greencoat UK Wind on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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