OSEC vs. HOT, ANIC, GOT, UTL, MHN, HAN, MIX, NSI, CMPG, and VIP
Should you be buying Octopus AIM VCT 2 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Octopus AIM VCT 2 include Henderson Opportunities (HOT), Agronomics (ANIC), Global Opportunities Trust (GOT), UIL (UTL), Menhaden Resource Efficiency (MHN), Hansa Investment (HAN), Mobeus Income & Growth VCT (MIX), New Star Investment Trust (NSI), CT Global Managed Portfolio Growth (CMPG), and Value and Indexed Property Income Trust (VIP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Henderson Opportunities (LON:HOT) and Octopus AIM VCT 2 (LON:OSEC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
Henderson Opportunities pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Octopus AIM VCT 2 pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Henderson Opportunities pays out -6,190.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Octopus AIM VCT 2 pays out -4,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Henderson Opportunities has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Octopus AIM VCT 2 has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Henderson Opportunities had 3 more articles in the media than Octopus AIM VCT 2. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Henderson Opportunities and 0 mentions for Octopus AIM VCT 2. Octopus AIM VCT 2's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Henderson Opportunities' score of 0.00 indicating that Henderson Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Henderson Opportunities received 28 more outperform votes than Octopus AIM VCT 2 when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave Octopus AIM VCT 2 an outperform vote while only 56.60% of users gave Henderson Opportunities an outperform vote.
Henderson Opportunities has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus AIM VCT 2. Henderson Opportunities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Octopus AIM VCT 2, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Octopus AIM VCT 2's return on equity of -9.37% beat Henderson Opportunities' return on equity.
23.0% of Henderson Opportunities shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Henderson Opportunities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Octopus AIM VCT 2 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Henderson Opportunities beats Octopus AIM VCT 2 on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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