Investment (INV) Competitors

Investment (LON:INV) and Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc (LON:IVPB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Does the media prefer INV or IVPB?

In the previous week, Investment had 62 more articles in the media than Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Investment and 0 mentions for Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc. Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc's score of 0.00 indicating that Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Investment	Neutral
Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor INV or IVPB?

Investment received 50 more outperform votes than Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.57% of users gave Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc an outperform vote while only 65.49% of users gave Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Investment	Outperform Votes 74 65.49%	Underperform Votes 39 34.51%
Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc	Outperform Votes 24 68.57%	Underperform Votes 11 31.43%

Which has better earnings and valuation, INV or IVPB?

Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Investment	£1.18M	4.99	N/A	£0.08	4,000.00
Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.07	2,035.71

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in INV or IVPB?

28.6% of Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.6% of Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc shares are held by institutional investors. 90.3% of Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 44.9% of Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc 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.

Is INV or IVPB more profitable?

Investment has a net margin of 23.43% compared to Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc's net margin of 0.00%. Investment's return on equity of 0.89% beat Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Investment	23.43%	0.89%	0.90%
Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend INV or IVPB?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is INV or IVPB a better dividend stock?

Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Investment pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc pays out 5,714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Investment beats Invesco Select Balanced Risk Alloc on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.