Octopus AIM VCT (OOA) Competitors

Northern 3 VCT (LON:NTN) and Octopus AIM VCT (LON:OOA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Is NTN or OOA more profitable?

Northern 3 VCT has a net margin of 53.94% compared to Northern 3 VCT's net margin of 0.00%. Octopus AIM VCT's return on equity of 2.73% beat Northern 3 VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern 3 VCT	53.94%	2.73%	1.71%
Octopus AIM VCT	N/A	-19.24%	-11.95%

Which has more risk & volatility, NTN or OOA?

Northern 3 VCT has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Octopus AIM VCT has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NTN or OOA a better dividend stock?

Northern 3 VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Octopus AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Northern 3 VCT pays out 25,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Octopus AIM VCT pays out -2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Octopus AIM VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NTN or OOA?

Octopus AIM VCT received 2 more outperform votes than Northern 3 VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.57% of users gave Octopus AIM VCT an outperform vote while only 65.26% of users gave Northern 3 VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern 3 VCT	Outperform Votes 62 65.26%	Underperform Votes 33 34.74%
Octopus AIM VCT	Outperform Votes 64 69.57%	Underperform Votes 28 30.43%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, NTN or OOA?

Northern 3 VCT has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus AIM VCT. Octopus AIM VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern 3 VCT, 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
Northern 3 VCT	£5.86M	21.47	£3.16M	£0.02	4,225.00
Octopus AIM VCT	-£21.82M	-5.57	-£24.88M	-£0.20	-300.00

Does the media favor NTN or OOA?

In the previous week, Octopus AIM VCT had 1 more articles in the media than Northern 3 VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Octopus AIM VCT and 0 mentions for Northern 3 VCT. Northern 3 VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Octopus AIM VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Octopus AIM VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northern 3 VCT	Neutral
Octopus AIM VCT	Positive

Do analysts rate NTN or OOA?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northern 3 VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Octopus AIM VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Northern 3 VCT beats Octopus AIM VCT on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.