Albion Development VCT (AADV) Competitors

Albion Development VCT (LON:AADV) and Northern 3 VCT (LON:NTN) 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 dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AADV or NTN?

Albion Development VCT received 31 more outperform votes than Northern 3 VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.43% of users gave Albion Development VCT an outperform vote while only 65.26% of users gave Northern 3 VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Albion Development VCT	Outperform Votes 93 66.43%	Underperform Votes 47 33.57%
Northern 3 VCT	Outperform Votes 62 65.26%	Underperform Votes 33 34.74%

Which has more volatility and risk, AADV or NTN?

Albion Development VCT has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern 3 VCT has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor AADV or NTN?

In the previous week, Albion Development VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Northern 3 VCT'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Albion Development VCT	Neutral
Northern 3 VCT	Neutral

Do analysts recommend AADV or NTN?

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

Is AADV or NTN a better dividend stock?

Albion Development VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Northern 3 VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Albion Development 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. 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.

Is AADV or NTN more profitable?

Northern 3 VCT has a net margin of 53.94% compared to Albion Development VCT's net margin of 53.80%. Albion Development VCT's return on equity of 2.89% beat Northern 3 VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Albion Development VCT	53.80%	2.89%	1.79%
Northern 3 VCT	53.94%	2.73%	1.71%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AADV or NTN?

Albion Development VCT has higher revenue and earnings than Northern 3 VCT. Northern 3 VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albion Development 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
Albion Development VCT	£6.45M	17.77	£3.47M	£0.02	4,250.00
Northern 3 VCT	£5.86M	19.45	£3.16M	£0.02	4,150.00

Summary

Albion Development VCT beats Northern 3 VCT on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.