AAEV vs. TMPL, RICA, ICGT, CGT, JEO, SAIN, APEO, OCI, IEM, and SLPE
Should you be buying Albion Enterprise VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albion Enterprise VCT include Temple Bar (TMPL), Ruffer Investment (RICA), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Capital Gearing (CGT), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), and Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Albion Enterprise VCT vs. Its Competitors
Albion Enterprise VCT (LON:AAEV) and Temple Bar (LON:TMPL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Temple Bar had 1 more articles in the media than Albion Enterprise VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Temple Bar and 0 mentions for Albion Enterprise VCT. Albion Enterprise VCT's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Temple Bar's score of 0.00 indicating that Albion Enterprise VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
34.5% of Temple Bar shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Albion Enterprise VCT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Temple Bar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Albion Enterprise VCT has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Temple Bar has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Albion Enterprise VCT has a net margin of 1,726.26% compared to Temple Bar's net margin of 98.26%. Albion Enterprise VCT's return on equity of 85.97% beat Temple Bar's return on equity.
Albion Enterprise VCT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Temple Bar. Albion Enterprise VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Temple Bar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Albion Enterprise VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Temple Bar pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Albion Enterprise VCT pays out 5.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Temple Bar pays out 18.6% 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. Albion Enterprise VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Albion Enterprise VCT beats Temple Bar on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AAEV) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff