AMAT vs. MAJE, BSC, CYN, MGCI, KPC, DUKE, IPU, DORE, RIII, and AATG
Should you be buying Amati AIM VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amati AIM VCT include Majedie Investments (MAJE), British Smaller Companies VCT2 (BSC), CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN), M&G Credit Income Investment (MGCI), Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust (KPC), Duke Capital (DUKE), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller (IPU), Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (DORE), Rights & Issues Investment Trust (RIII), and Albion Technology & Gen VCT (AATG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Amati AIM VCT (LON:AMAT) and Majedie Investments (LON:MAJE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
15.0% of Majedie Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Amati AIM VCT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.5% of Majedie Investments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Majedie Investments had 1 more articles in the media than Amati AIM VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Majedie Investments and 0 mentions for Amati AIM VCT. Majedie Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Amati AIM VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Majedie Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Amati AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Majedie Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Amati AIM VCT pays out -1,724.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Majedie Investments pays out 2,258.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Amati AIM VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Majedie Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Amati AIM VCT. Amati AIM VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Majedie Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Amati AIM VCT has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Majedie Investments has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Majedie Investments has a net margin of 77.33% compared to Amati AIM VCT's net margin of 0.00%. Majedie Investments' return on equity of 13.29% beat Amati AIM VCT's return on equity.
Majedie Investments received 81 more outperform votes than Amati AIM VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.01% of users gave Majedie Investments an outperform vote while only 70.83% of users gave Amati AIM VCT an outperform vote.
Summary
Majedie Investments beats Amati AIM VCT on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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