BSV vs. OCI, ICGT, RICA, SAIN, IEM, CGT, MUT, JEO, APEO, and ESCT
Should you be buying British Smaller Companies VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of British Smaller Companies VCT include Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Ruffer Investment (RICA), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), Capital Gearing (CGT), Murray Income Trust (MUT), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), and The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
British Smaller Companies VCT vs. Its Competitors
Oakley Capital Investments (LON:OCI) and British Smaller Companies VCT (LON:BSV) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Oakley Capital Investments has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British Smaller Companies VCT has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Oakley Capital Investments has a net margin of 88.84% compared to British Smaller Companies VCT's net margin of 66.78%. Oakley Capital Investments' return on equity of 7.17% beat British Smaller Companies VCT's return on equity.
Oakley Capital Investments has higher revenue and earnings than British Smaller Companies VCT. Oakley Capital Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than British Smaller Companies VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Oakley Capital Investments had 3 more articles in the media than British Smaller Companies VCT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Oakley Capital Investments and 1 mentions for British Smaller Companies VCT. British Smaller Companies VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Oakley Capital Investments' score of 0.30 indicating that British Smaller Companies VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Oakley Capital Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. British Smaller Companies VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Oakley Capital Investments pays out 10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. British Smaller Companies VCT pays out 139.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
50.2% of Oakley Capital Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are held by institutional investors. 20.9% of Oakley Capital Investments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Oakley Capital Investments beats British Smaller Companies VCT on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BSV) was last updated on 7/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
