Blackfinch Spring VCT (BFSP) Competitors

Blackfinch Spring VCT (LON:BFSP) and City of London Investment Group (LON:CLIG) 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 profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BFSP or CLIG?

19.2% of City of London Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. 53.7% of City of London Investment Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BFSP or CLIG?

City of London Investment Group has higher revenue and earnings than Blackfinch Spring VCT. Blackfinch Spring VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City of London Investment Group, 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
Blackfinch Spring VCT	£4.37M	10.23	£4.56M	£9.84	9.81
City of London Investment Group	£54.04M	3.09	£15.02M	£31.08	11.10

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BFSP or CLIG?

City of London Investment Group received 266 more outperform votes than Blackfinch Spring VCT when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blackfinch Spring VCT	N/A	N/A
City of London Investment Group	Outperform Votes 266 71.70%	Underperform Votes 105 28.30%

Is BFSP or CLIG more profitable?

Blackfinch Spring VCT has a net margin of 104.23% compared to City of London Investment Group's net margin of 27.80%. City of London Investment Group's return on equity of 12.88% beat Blackfinch Spring VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blackfinch Spring VCT	104.23%	9.88%	N/A
City of London Investment Group	27.80%	12.88%	7.65%

Does the media favor BFSP or CLIG?

In the previous week, City of London Investment Group had 3 more articles in the media than Blackfinch Spring VCT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for City of London Investment Group and 0 mentions for Blackfinch Spring VCT. City of London Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Blackfinch Spring VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that City of London Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Blackfinch Spring VCT	Neutral
City of London Investment Group	Positive

Summary

City of London Investment Group beats Blackfinch Spring VCT on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.