AAEV vs. REC, RIII, BGCG, SSIT, AATG, WKOF, AADV, NTN, BRLA, and INOV
Should you be buying Albion Enterprise VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albion Enterprise VCT include Record (REC), Rights & Issues Investment Trust (RIII), Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (BGCG), Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT), Albion Technology & Gen VCT (AATG), Weiss Korea Opportunity (WKOF), Albion Development VCT (AADV), Northern 3 VCT (NTN), BlackRock Latin American (BRLA), and Schroders Capital Global Innovation Trust plc - INOV (INOV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Albion Enterprise VCT (LON:AAEV) and Record (LON:REC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Record has higher revenue and earnings than Albion Enterprise VCT. Record 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.
In the previous week, Record had 139 more articles in the media than Albion Enterprise VCT. MarketBeat recorded 143 mentions for Record and 4 mentions for Albion Enterprise VCT. Albion Enterprise VCT's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Record's score of 0.07 indicating that Albion Enterprise VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Record received 115 more outperform votes than Albion Enterprise VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.15% of users gave Record an outperform vote while only 64.42% of users gave Albion Enterprise VCT an outperform vote.
Albion Enterprise VCT has a net margin of 34.61% compared to Record's net margin of 22.35%. Record's return on equity of 34.94% beat Albion Enterprise VCT's return on equity.
Albion Enterprise VCT has a beta of 0.03, meaning that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Record has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
20.5% of Record shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Albion Enterprise VCT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 62.4% of Record shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Albion Enterprise VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Record pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Albion Enterprise VCT pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Record pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Record is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Record beats Albion Enterprise VCT on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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