AAVC vs. IAT, IIT, JMI, BMD, AJOT, KIT, RSE, SCP, SMIF, and BMPG
Should you be buying Albion VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albion VCT include Invesco Asia Trust (IAT), The Independent Investment Trust (IIT), JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust (JMI), Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (BMD), AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT), Keystone Investment Trust (KIT), Riverstone Energy (RSE), Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP), TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund (SMIF), and BMO Managed PortfolioTrust PLC - Growth Portfolio (BMPG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Albion VCT vs.
Albion VCT (LON:AAVC) and Invesco Asia Trust (LON:IAT) 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 community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Invesco Asia Trust has a net margin of 56.35% compared to Albion VCT's net margin of 0.00%. Invesco Asia Trust's return on equity of 2.30% beat Albion VCT's return on equity.
Albion VCT has a beta of -0.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Asia Trust has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Invesco Asia Trust had 5 more articles in the media than Albion VCT. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Invesco Asia Trust and 0 mentions for Albion VCT. Invesco Asia Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Albion VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Invesco Asia Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Albion VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Invesco Asia Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Albion VCT pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Invesco Asia Trust pays out 18,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Albion VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
59.7% of Invesco Asia Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Albion VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Invesco Asia Trust shares are held by 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 VCT received 12 more outperform votes than Invesco Asia Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.42% of users gave Invesco Asia Trust an outperform vote while only 70.67% of users gave Albion VCT an outperform vote.
Invesco Asia Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Albion VCT. Albion VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invesco Asia Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Invesco Asia Trust beats Albion VCT on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:AAVC) was last updated on 1/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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