BSV vs. IAT, BMD, ADIG, SMIF, JMI, FTV, FJV, STS, SCP, and EGL
Should you be buying British Smaller Companies VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of British Smaller Companies VCT include Invesco Asia (IAT), Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (BMD), abrdn Diversified Income & Growth (ADIG), TwentyFour Select Monthly Income (SMIF), JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust (JMI), Foresight VCT (FTV), Fidelity Japan Trust (FJV), STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS), Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP), and Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
British Smaller Companies VCT (LON:BSV) and Invesco Asia (LON:IAT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
Invesco Asia received 57 more outperform votes than British Smaller Companies VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.42% of users gave Invesco Asia an outperform vote while only 74.00% of users gave British Smaller Companies VCT an outperform vote.
British Smaller Companies VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Invesco Asia pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. British Smaller Companies VCT pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Invesco Asia pays out 4,687.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Invesco Asia has a net margin of 85.11% compared to British Smaller Companies VCT's net margin of 78.85%. Invesco Asia's return on equity of 9.54% beat British Smaller Companies VCT's return on equity.
British Smaller Companies VCT has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Asia has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Invesco Asia had 1 more articles in the media than British Smaller Companies VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Invesco Asia and 0 mentions for British Smaller Companies VCT. British Smaller Companies VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Invesco Asia's score of -2.00 indicating that British Smaller Companies VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
0.3% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Invesco Asia shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Invesco Asia shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Invesco Asia has higher revenue and earnings than British Smaller Companies VCT. Invesco Asia 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.
Summary
Invesco Asia beats British Smaller Companies VCT on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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