AAEV vs. RICA, TMPL, CGT, JEO, SAIN, APEO, ICGT, OCI, IEM, and MUT
Should you be buying Albion Enterprise VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albion Enterprise VCT include Ruffer Investment (RICA), Temple Bar (TMPL), Capital Gearing (CGT), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), and Murray Income Trust (MUT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Albion Enterprise VCT vs. Its Competitors
Ruffer Investment (LON:RICA) and Albion Enterprise VCT (LON:AAEV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Albion Enterprise VCT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ruffer Investment. Albion Enterprise VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ruffer Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ruffer Investment has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albion Enterprise VCT has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.
43.3% of Ruffer Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ruffer Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Albion Enterprise VCT 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.
Albion Enterprise VCT has a net margin of 1,726.26% compared to Ruffer Investment's net margin of 51.94%. Albion Enterprise VCT's return on equity of 85.97% beat Ruffer Investment's return on equity.
Ruffer Investment received 30 more outperform votes than Albion Enterprise VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.42% of users gave Albion Enterprise VCT an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave Ruffer Investment an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ruffer Investment had 1 more articles in the media than Albion Enterprise VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ruffer Investment and 0 mentions for Albion Enterprise VCT. Ruffer Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Albion Enterprise VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Ruffer Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ruffer Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Albion Enterprise VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Ruffer Investment pays out 181.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Albion Enterprise VCT pays out 5.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albion Enterprise VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Albion Enterprise VCT beats Ruffer Investment on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:AAEV) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
