BSC vs. HSL, P2P, EWI, PCFT, BUT, SCAM, SCIN, MERI, SYNC, and CHRY
Should you be buying British Smaller Companies VCT2 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of British Smaller Companies VCT2 include Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL), P2P Global Investments (P2P), Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Brunner (BUT), Scottish American Investment (SCAM), The Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN), Chrysalis Investments (MERI), Syncona (SYNC), and Chrysalis Investments (CHRY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
British Smaller Companies VCT2 vs. Its Competitors
Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) and British Smaller Companies VCT2 (LON:BSC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Henderson Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than British Smaller Companies VCT2. Henderson Smaller Companies 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.
31.1% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of British Smaller Companies VCT2 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Henderson Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. British Smaller Companies VCT2 pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Henderson Smaller Companies pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. British Smaller Companies VCT2 pays out 176.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Henderson Smaller Companies has a net margin of 93.00% compared to British Smaller Companies VCT2's net margin of 63.40%. Henderson Smaller Companies' return on equity of 13.76% beat British Smaller Companies VCT2's return on equity.
In the previous week, Henderson Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled British Smaller Companies VCT2'saverage media sentiment score.
Henderson Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British Smaller Companies VCT2 has a beta of -0.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Henderson Smaller Companies beats British Smaller Companies VCT2 on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BSC) was last updated on 6/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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