UKW vs. 3IN, ATST, PCT, EMG, RCP, ABDN, JGGI, STJ, TRIG, and MNKS
Should you be buying Greencoat UK Wind stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greencoat UK Wind include 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Alliance Trust (ATST), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Man Group (EMG), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), abrdn (ABDN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), St. James's Place (STJ), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), and Monks (MNKS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
3i Infrastructure (LON:3IN) and Greencoat UK Wind (LON:UKW) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
54.2% of 3i Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of 3i Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
3i Infrastructure has a net margin of 98.26% compared to 3i Infrastructure's net margin of 85.31%. 3i Infrastructure's return on equity of 12.64% beat Greencoat UK Wind's return on equity.
3i Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Greencoat UK Wind pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. 3i Infrastructure pays out 3,243.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Greencoat UK Wind is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Greencoat UK Wind has higher revenue and earnings than 3i Infrastructure. Greencoat UK Wind is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3i Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, 3i Infrastructure had 3 more articles in the media than Greencoat UK Wind. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for 3i Infrastructure and 1 mentions for Greencoat UK Wind. Greencoat UK Wind's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat 3i Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that 3i Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
3i Infrastructure received 3 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 65.95% of users gave 3i Infrastructure an outperform vote.
3i Infrastructure has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greencoat UK Wind has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Greencoat UK Wind beats 3i Infrastructure on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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