BSV vs. IAT, BVT, FJV, JCGI, SCP, SMIF, BMD, SCF, EGL, and FTV
Should you be buying British Smaller Companies VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of British Smaller Companies VCT include Invesco Asia Trust (IAT), Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT), Fidelity Japan Trust (FJV), JPMorgan China Growth & Income (JCGI), Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP), TwentyFour Select Monthly Income (SMIF), Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (BMD), Schroder Income Growth Fund (SCF), Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra (EGL), and Foresight VCT (FTV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
British Smaller Companies VCT (LON:BSV) and Invesco Asia Trust (LON:IAT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, British Smaller Companies VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Invesco Asia Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
British Smaller Companies VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Invesco Asia Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. British Smaller Companies VCT pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Invesco Asia Trust pays out 4,375.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Invesco Asia Trust has higher revenue and earnings than British Smaller Companies VCT. Invesco Asia Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than British Smaller Companies VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Invesco Asia Trust has a net margin of 85.11% compared to British Smaller Companies VCT's net margin of 78.85%. Invesco Asia Trust's return on equity of 9.54% beat British Smaller Companies VCT's return on equity.
British Smaller Companies VCT has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Asia Trust has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Invesco Asia Trust received 57 more outperform votes than British Smaller Companies VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.42% of users gave Invesco Asia Trust an outperform vote while only 74.00% of users gave British Smaller Companies VCT an outperform vote.
0.3% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.8% of Invesco Asia Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Invesco Asia Trust shares are held by 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.
Summary
Invesco Asia Trust beats British Smaller Companies VCT on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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