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Albion Enterprise VCT (AAEV) Competitors

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GBX 107.50 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 08/1/2025

AAEV vs. ICGT, APAX, OCI, RICA, IEM, SAIN, CGT, MUT, JEO, and NBPE

Should you be buying Albion Enterprise VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albion Enterprise VCT include ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), Ruffer Investment (RICA), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Capital Gearing (CGT), Murray Income Trust (MUT), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), and NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Albion Enterprise VCT vs. Its Competitors

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

Albion Enterprise VCT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ICG Enterprise Trust. Albion Enterprise VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICG Enterprise Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Albion Enterprise VCT£14.60M16.52£252.09M£112.320.96
ICG Enterprise Trust£55.63M16.92£32.56M£50.0829.07

Albion Enterprise VCT has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICG Enterprise Trust has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

65.6% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Albion Enterprise VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Albion Enterprise VCT has a net margin of 1,726.26% compared to ICG Enterprise Trust's net margin of 58.54%. Albion Enterprise VCT's return on equity of 85.97% beat ICG Enterprise Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Albion Enterprise VCT1,726.26% 85.97% 0.86%
ICG Enterprise Trust 58.54%2.61%0.78%

In the previous week, ICG Enterprise Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Albion Enterprise VCT. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ICG Enterprise Trust and 0 mentions for Albion Enterprise VCT. ICG Enterprise Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Albion Enterprise VCT's score of 0.71 indicating that ICG Enterprise Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Albion Enterprise VCT Positive
ICG Enterprise Trust Very Positive

Albion Enterprise VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. ICG Enterprise Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Albion Enterprise VCT pays out 5.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ICG Enterprise Trust pays out 67.9% 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

ICG Enterprise Trust beats Albion Enterprise VCT on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AAEV vs. The Competition

MetricAlbion Enterprise VCTAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£241.28M£1.29B£6.31B£3.03B
Dividend Yield0.18%4.40%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio0.9622.3714.03176.75
Price / Sales16.522,540.331,847.24264,362.45
Price / Cash4.1060.70127.4727.97
Price / Book0.771.452.244.53
Net Income£252.09M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.46%-0.46%6.05%12.58%
1 Month Performance-4.02%0.52%1.79%6.10%
1 Year PerformanceN/A6.39%19.31%71.60%

Albion Enterprise VCT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AAEV
Albion Enterprise VCT
N/AGBX 107.50
flat
N/AN/A£241.28M£14.60M0.96N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Cut
ICGT
ICG Enterprise Trust
N/AGBX 1,500
+0.3%
N/A+8.7%£969.43M£55.63M29.95N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
APAX
Apax Global Alpha
N/AGBX 164.26
+0.2%
N/A+5.8%£959.06M£9.05M278.68N/AHigh Trading Volume
OCI
Oakley Capital Investments
N/AGBX 540
+0.4%
N/A+4.7%£952.62M£99.08M10.82N/ANews Coverage
RICA
Ruffer Investment
N/AGBX 285
+0.2%
N/A+1.8%£917.06M£16.91M103.67N/A
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 393.21
+0.1%
N/A-2.9%£912.84M£1.35M-97.81N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
SAIN
Scottish American Investment
N/AGBX 519
-0.4%
N/A-4.7%£907.51M£75.38M10.41N/A
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,830
+0.2%
N/A+0.6%£898.26M£17.92M19.64N/A
MUT
Murray Income Trust
N/AGBX 899
-0.7%
N/A-2.2%£898.18M£97.96M9.91147,000Positive News
Dividend Cut
JEO
European Opportunities Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£886.70M-£62.33M-12.93N/A
NBPE
NB Private Equity Partners
N/AGBX 1,528
flat
N/A-15.1%£886.25M£12.90M-40.08N/ANews Coverage
Insider Trade

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This page (LON:AAEV) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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