HHV vs. CVCG, SSIT, IPU, AEI, VSL, DORE, MERC, DUKE, MGCI, and PGOO
Should you be buying Hargreave Hale AIM VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT include CVC Income & Growth GBP (CVCG), Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller (IPU), abrdn Equity Income Trust (AEI), VPC Specialty Lending Investments (VSL), Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (DORE), Mercia Asset Management (MERC), Duke Capital (DUKE), M&G Credit Income Investment (MGCI), and ProVen Growth & Income VCT (PGOO). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT (LON:HHV) and CVC Income & Growth GBP (LON:CVCG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat CVC Income & Growth GBP's score of -0.25 indicating that Hargreave Hale AIM VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CVC Income & Growth GBP has higher revenue and earnings than Hargreave Hale AIM VCT. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVC Income & Growth GBP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT received 82 more outperform votes than CVC Income & Growth GBP when rated by MarketBeat users.
72.0% of CVC Income & Growth GBP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CVC Income & Growth GBP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. CVC Income & Growth GBP pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVC Income & Growth GBP pays out 16,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
CVC Income & Growth GBP's return on equity of 0.00% beat Hargreave Hale AIM VCT's return on equity.
Summary
CVC Income & Growth GBP beats Hargreave Hale AIM VCT on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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