Albion Technology & Gen VCT (AATG) Competitors

Albion Technology & Gen VCT (LON:AATG) and Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (LON:PHI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.

Does the media refer more to AATG or PHI?

In the previous week, Pacific Horizon Investment Trust had 5 more articles in the media than Albion Technology & Gen VCT. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Pacific Horizon Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Albion Technology & Gen VCT. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Albion Technology & Gen VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Pacific Horizon Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Albion Technology & Gen VCT	Neutral
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust	Neutral

Is AATG or PHI a better dividend stock?

Albion Technology & Gen VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Albion Technology & Gen VCT pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust pays out -526.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate AATG or PHI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Albion Technology & Gen VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AATG or PHI?

Albion Technology & Gen VCT has higher revenue and earnings than Pacific Horizon Investment Trust. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albion Technology & Gen 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
Albion Technology & Gen VCT	£7.68M	17.61	£4.35M	£0.02	3,550.00
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust	-£38M	-13.56	-£51.96M	-£0.57	-997.25

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AATG or PHI?

Pacific Horizon Investment Trust received 40 more outperform votes than Albion Technology & Gen VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.81% of users gave Pacific Horizon Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 56.92% of users gave Albion Technology & Gen VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Albion Technology & Gen VCT	Outperform Votes 37 56.92%	Underperform Votes 28 43.08%
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 77 65.81%	Underperform Votes 40 34.19%

Is AATG or PHI more profitable?

Albion Technology & Gen VCT has a net margin of 56.61% compared to Pacific Horizon Investment Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Albion Technology & Gen VCT's return on equity of 3.50% beat Pacific Horizon Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Albion Technology & Gen VCT	56.61%	3.50%	2.17%
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust	N/A	-9.02%	-4.51%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AATG or PHI?

23.1% of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Albion Technology & Gen VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Albion Technology & Gen VCT beats Pacific Horizon Investment Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.