BSV vs. TMPL, RICA, ICGT, CGT, JEO, SAIN, APEO, OCI, IEM, and SLPE
Should you be buying British Smaller Companies VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of British Smaller Companies VCT include Temple Bar (TMPL), Ruffer Investment (RICA), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Capital Gearing (CGT), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), and Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
British Smaller Companies VCT vs. Its Competitors
Temple Bar (LON:TMPL) and British Smaller Companies VCT (LON:BSV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Temple Bar pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. British Smaller Companies VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Temple Bar pays out 18.6% 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.
34.5% of Temple Bar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Temple Bar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Temple Bar has higher revenue and earnings than British Smaller Companies VCT. Temple Bar 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.
Temple Bar has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British Smaller Companies VCT has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Temple Bar has a net margin of 98.26% compared to British Smaller Companies VCT's net margin of 66.78%. Temple Bar's return on equity of 20.62% beat British Smaller Companies VCT's return on equity.
In the previous week, Temple Bar had 1 more articles in the media than British Smaller Companies VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Temple Bar and 0 mentions for British Smaller Companies VCT. Temple Bar's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled British Smaller Companies VCT'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Temple Bar beats British Smaller Companies VCT on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BSV) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
