BSC vs. GCP, P2P, USA, SOI, SCAM, HET, SCIN, PCFT, MERI, and FEML
Should you be buying British Smaller Companies VCT2 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of British Smaller Companies VCT2 include GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), P2P Global Investments (P2P), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), Scottish American Investment (SCAM), Henderson European Trust (HET), The Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Chrysalis Investments (MERI), and Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
British Smaller Companies VCT2 vs.
British Smaller Companies VCT2 (LON:BSC) and GCP Infrastructure Investments (LON:GCP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.
British Smaller Companies VCT2 has a net margin of 63.40% compared to GCP Infrastructure Investments' net margin of 20.96%. British Smaller Companies VCT2's return on equity of 4.00% beat GCP Infrastructure Investments' return on equity.
In the previous week, GCP Infrastructure Investments had 2 more articles in the media than British Smaller Companies VCT2. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for GCP Infrastructure Investments and 0 mentions for British Smaller Companies VCT2. GCP Infrastructure Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat British Smaller Companies VCT2's score of 0.00 indicating that GCP Infrastructure Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
British Smaller Companies VCT2 has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GCP Infrastructure Investments has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
GCP Infrastructure Investments received 59 more outperform votes than British Smaller Companies VCT2 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave GCP Infrastructure Investments an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave British Smaller Companies VCT2 an outperform vote.
65.0% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of British Smaller Companies VCT2 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
GCP Infrastructure Investments has higher revenue and earnings than British Smaller Companies VCT2. British Smaller Companies VCT2 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GCP Infrastructure Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
British Smaller Companies VCT2 pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. 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. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays out 402.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
GCP Infrastructure Investments beats British Smaller Companies VCT2 on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:BSC) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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