Critical Contrast: Julius Bär Gruppe (OTCMKTS:JBAXY) versus NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund (NYSE:NXG)

Julius Bär Gruppe (OTCMKTS:JBAXY) and NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund (NYSE:NXG) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.2% of Julius Bär Gruppe shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Julius Bär Gruppe and NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Julius Bär Gruppe	N/A	N/A	N/A
NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Julius Bär Gruppe and NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Julius Bär Gruppe	0	2	0	1	2.67
NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund	0	0	0	0	0.00

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Julius Bär Gruppe and NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Julius Bär Gruppe	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.27	52.31
NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund	$8.71 million	N/A	N/A	($0.24)	-202.83

NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Julius Bär Gruppe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Julius Bär Gruppe pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. Julius Bär Gruppe pays out 119.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund pays out -2,700.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Julius Bär Gruppe beats NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Julius Bär Gruppe

Julius Bär Gruppe AG provides wealth management solutions in Switzerland, Europe, the Americas, Asia, and internationally. The company offers investment advisory and discretionary mandates; structured products, securities execution and advisory, private markets and fund offering; wealth planning, family office services; asset servicing, and lombard lending solutions. It also provides open product platform solutions. Julius Bär Gruppe AG was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

About NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund

NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Cushing MLP Asset Management, LP. The fund invests in stocks of companies across the energy supply chain spectrum, including upstream, midstream and downstream energy companies, as well as oil and gas services and logistics companies, energy-intensive chemical, metal and industrial and manufacturing companies and engineering and construction companies. NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund was formed in 2012 and is domiciled in the United States.