ANIC vs. OSEC, UTL, HAN, HOT, GOT, ARTL, MHN, CMPG, CRWN, and NSI
Should you be buying Agronomics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agronomics include Octopus AIM VCT 2 (OSEC), UIL (UTL), Hansa Investment (HAN), Henderson Opportunities (HOT), Global Opportunities Trust (GOT), Alpha Real Trust (ARTL), Menhaden Resource Efficiency (MHN), CT Global Managed Portfolio Growth (CMPG), Crown Place VCT (CRWN), and New Star Investment Trust (NSI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Agronomics (LON:ANIC) and Octopus AIM VCT 2 (LON:OSEC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
16.1% of Agronomics shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of Agronomics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Octopus AIM VCT 2 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Agronomics has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Octopus AIM VCT 2 has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Agronomics currently has a consensus target price of GBX 20, indicating a potential upside of 143.90%. Given Agronomics' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Agronomics is more favorable than Octopus AIM VCT 2.
Agronomics has a net margin of 30.66% compared to Octopus AIM VCT 2's net margin of 0.00%. Agronomics' return on equity of 2.03% beat Octopus AIM VCT 2's return on equity.
Octopus AIM VCT 2 received 27 more outperform votes than Agronomics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave Agronomics an outperform vote while only 72.73% of users gave Octopus AIM VCT 2 an outperform vote.
Agronomics has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus AIM VCT 2.
In the previous week, Agronomics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Octopus AIM VCT 2'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Agronomics beats Octopus AIM VCT 2 on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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