PEMB vs. FTV, FJV, BSV, JCGI, IAT, SCP, BVT, BMD, EGL, and SMIF
Should you be buying Pembroke VCT B stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pembroke VCT B include Foresight VCT (FTV), Fidelity Japan Trust (FJV), British Smaller Companies VCT (BSV), JPMorgan China Growth & Income (JCGI), Invesco Asia Trust (IAT), Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP), Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT), Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (BMD), Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra (EGL), and TwentyFour Select Monthly Income (SMIF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Pembroke VCT B (LON:PEMB) and Foresight VCT (LON:FTV) 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 dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
Pembroke VCT B has a beta of -0.05, indicating that its stock price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foresight VCT has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pembroke VCT B pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Foresight VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Pembroke VCT B pays out -12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Foresight VCT 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. Pembroke VCT B is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Pembroke VCT B's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Foresight VCT'saverage media sentiment score.
Foresight VCT has higher revenue and earnings than Pembroke VCT B. Pembroke VCT B is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Foresight VCT has a net margin of 72.33% compared to Pembroke VCT B's net margin of 0.00%. Foresight VCT's return on equity of 8.02% beat Pembroke VCT B's return on equity.
Foresight VCT received 50 more outperform votes than Pembroke VCT B when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.24% of users gave Foresight VCT an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Pembroke VCT B an outperform vote.
Summary
Foresight VCT beats Pembroke VCT B on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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