CLC vs. ASIT, IVI, TIGT, JUS, IGC, JSGI, PGOO, BASC, MMIT, and GVP
Should you be buying Calculus VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calculus VCT include Aberforth Split Level Income Trust (ASIT), Invesco Income Growth Trust (IVI), Troy Income & Growth (TIGT), Jupiter US Smaller Companies (JUS), India Capital Growth (IGC), JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income (JSGI), ProVen Growth & Income VCT (PGOO), Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (BASC), Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT), and Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Calculus VCT (LON:CLC) and Aberforth Split Level Income Trust (LON:ASIT) 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 profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Calculus VCT has higher revenue and earnings than Aberforth Split Level Income Trust. Aberforth Split Level Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calculus VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
47.0% of Aberforth Split Level Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Calculus VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.1% of Aberforth Split Level Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Aberforth Split Level Income Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Calculus VCT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Aberforth Split Level Income Trust and 0 mentions for Calculus VCT. Calculus VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aberforth Split Level Income Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Aberforth Split Level Income Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Calculus VCT's net margin of -9.46%. Aberforth Split Level Income Trust's return on equity of 0.00% beat Calculus VCT's return on equity.
Aberforth Split Level Income Trust received 57 more outperform votes than Calculus VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.20% of users gave Aberforth Split Level Income Trust an outperform vote while only 70.00% of users gave Calculus VCT an outperform vote.
Calculus VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Aberforth Split Level Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Calculus VCT pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Aberforth Split Level Income Trust pays out 5,555.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Aberforth Split Level Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Aberforth Split Level Income Trust beats Calculus VCT on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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