Albion Enterprise VCT (AAEV) Competitors

TR Property Investment Trust (LON:TRY) and Albion Enterprise VCT (LON:AAEV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility & risk, TRY or AAEV?

TR Property Investment Trust has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albion Enterprise VCT has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TRY or AAEV more profitable?

Albion Enterprise VCT has a net margin of 1,726.26% compared to TR Property Investment Trust's net margin of 91.50%. Albion Enterprise VCT's return on equity of 85.97% beat TR Property Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TR Property Investment Trust	91.50%	24.54%	-24.58%
Albion Enterprise VCT	1,726.26%	85.97%	0.86%

Is TRY or AAEV a better dividend stock?

TR Property Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Albion Enterprise VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. TR Property Investment Trust pays out -181.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albion Enterprise VCT pays out 65.0% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TRY or AAEV?

10.1% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Albion Enterprise VCT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer TRY or AAEV?

In the previous week, Albion Enterprise VCT had 1 more articles in the media than TR Property Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Albion Enterprise VCT and 1 mentions for TR Property Investment Trust. TR Property Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Albion Enterprise VCT's score of 1.47 indicating that TR Property Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TR Property Investment Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Albion Enterprise VCT	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TRY or AAEV?

TR Property Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Albion Enterprise VCT. TR Property Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albion Enterprise 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
TR Property Investment Trust	-£19.36M	-52.14	£284.71M	-£0.09	-3,677.65
Albion Enterprise VCT	£15.53M	16.56	£252.09M	£0.10	1,089.16

Summary

Albion Enterprise VCT beats TR Property Investment Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.