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British Smaller Companies VCT2 (BSC) Competitors

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GBX 53 +1.00 (+1.92%)
As of 09/12/2025 04:19 AM Eastern

BSC vs. EWI, VOF, NBPE, CHRY, GROW, JLEN, HET, BUT, JUP, and P2P

Should you be buying British Smaller Companies VCT2 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of British Smaller Companies VCT2 include Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), Chrysalis Investments (CHRY), Molten Ventures (GROW), JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN), Henderson European Trust (HET), Brunner (BUT), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), and P2P Global Investments (P2P). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

British Smaller Companies VCT2 vs. Its Competitors

British Smaller Companies VCT2 (LON:BSC) and Edinburgh Worldwide (LON:EWI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

8.4% of Edinburgh Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of British Smaller Companies VCT2 shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Edinburgh Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Edinburgh Worldwide has a net margin of 90.88% compared to British Smaller Companies VCT2's net margin of 63.40%. Edinburgh Worldwide's return on equity of 11.47% beat British Smaller Companies VCT2's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
British Smaller Companies VCT263.40% 4.00% 2.73%
Edinburgh Worldwide 90.88%11.47%-6.45%

In the previous week, British Smaller Companies VCT2's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Edinburgh Worldwide'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
British Smaller Companies VCT2 Neutral
Edinburgh Worldwide Neutral

British Smaller Companies VCT2 has a beta of -0.01, indicating that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edinburgh Worldwide has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Edinburgh Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than British Smaller Companies VCT2. Edinburgh Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than British Smaller Companies VCT2, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
British Smaller Companies VCT2£3.36M52.17£6.79M£0.015,520.83
Edinburgh Worldwide£20.42M33.29£70.29M£0.044,464.37

Summary

Edinburgh Worldwide beats British Smaller Companies VCT2 on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BSC vs. The Competition

MetricBritish Smaller Companies VCT2Asset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£175.33M£1.45B£5.92B£2.58B
Dividend Yield5.77%4.59%4.32%5.30%
P/E Ratio5,520.834,757.921,777.845,410.94
Price / Sales52.171,965.451,341.7496,613.70
Price / Cash3.2160.62127.4727.93
Price / Book0.851.362.067.77
Net Income£6.79M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day PerformanceN/A13.32%7.11%6.51%
1 Month Performance-1.85%13.58%7.62%55.22%
1 Year Performance-3.64%8.42%31.58%154.12%

British Smaller Companies VCT2 Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BSC
British Smaller Companies VCT2
N/AGBX 53
+1.9%
N/A-5.4%£175.33M£3.36M5,520.83N/AGap Up
EWI
Edinburgh Worldwide
N/AGBX 194.20
-0.7%
N/A+30.3%£679.77M£20.42M4,464.37N/A
VOF
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund
N/AGBX 497
-0.2%
N/A+8.8%£658.90M£88.65M903.64125News Coverage
NBPE
NB Private Equity Partners
N/AGBX 1,432
-0.6%
N/A-8.3%£650.34M£27.32M3,977.78N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
CHRY
Chrysalis Investments
N/AGBX 124.60
-2.4%
N/A+51.8%£640.26M£4.37M21,482.76N/ANews Coverage
GROW
Molten Ventures
1.6279 of 5 stars
GBX 357.40
-1.8%
GBX 580
+62.3%
-16.9%£633.35M£31.70M-89,350.0020
JLEN
JLEN Environmental Assets Group
N/AGBX 75.40
-0.5%
N/A-21.1%£625.42M-£12.30M-3,590.48N/A
HET
Henderson European Trust
N/AGBX 201
flat
N/AN/A£621.31M-£16.02M-1,942.03N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
BUT
Brunner
N/AGBX 1,436.39
-0.4%
N/A+3.7%£621.21M£18.82M3,688.73N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
JUP
Jupiter Fund Management
1.3704 of 5 stars
GBX 121.40
+1.3%
GBX 105
-13.5%
+48.6%£618.81M£380.90M1,124.07522
P2P
P2P Global Investments
N/AN/AN/AN/A£617.42M£119.18M20.91N/A

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