British Smaller Companies VCT (BSV) Competitors

Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (LON:GSS) and British Smaller Companies VCT (LON:BSV) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has better valuation & earnings, GSS or BSV?

British Smaller Companies VCT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Genesis Emerging Markets Fund. Genesis Emerging Markets Fund 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund	£250.40M	0.00	N/A	£140.70	N/A
British Smaller Companies VCT	£7.63M	35.80	£8.67M	£0.02	3,484.16

Is GSS or BSV more profitable?

British Smaller Companies VCT has a net margin of 66.78% compared to Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's net margin of 0.00%. British Smaller Companies VCT's return on equity of 3.73% beat Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
British Smaller Companies VCT	66.78%	3.73%	4.20%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GSS or BSV?

0.0% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer GSS or BSV?

In the previous week, British Smaller Companies VCT had 2 more articles in the media than Genesis Emerging Markets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for British Smaller Companies VCT and 0 mentions for Genesis Emerging Markets Fund. Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat British Smaller Companies VCT's score of -0.22 indicating that Genesis Emerging Markets Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund	Neutral
British Smaller Companies VCT	Neutral

Is GSS or BSV a better dividend stock?

Genesis Emerging Markets Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share. British Smaller Companies VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Genesis Emerging Markets Fund pays out 0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. British Smaller Companies VCT pays out 181.0% 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

British Smaller Companies VCT beats Genesis Emerging Markets Fund on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.