British Smaller Companies VCT (BSV) Competitors

BBGI Global Infrastructure (LON:BBGI) and British Smaller Companies VCT (LON:BSV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BBGI or BSV?

58.9% of BBGI Global Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of BBGI Global Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BBGI or BSV more profitable?

BBGI Global Infrastructure has a net margin of 80.75% compared to British Smaller Companies VCT's net margin of 78.85%. British Smaller Companies VCT's return on equity of 6.72% beat BBGI Global Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BBGI Global Infrastructure	80.75%	5.24%	3.32%
British Smaller Companies VCT	78.85%	6.72%	4.20%

Does the media favor BBGI or BSV?

In the previous week, British Smaller Companies VCT's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat BBGI Global Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that British Smaller Companies VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BBGI Global Infrastructure	Neutral
British Smaller Companies VCT	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BBGI or BSV?

BBGI Global Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than British Smaller Companies VCT. British Smaller Companies VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BBGI Global Infrastructure, 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
BBGI Global Infrastructure	£68.47M	13.15	£55.29M	£0.08	1,575.00
British Smaller Companies VCT	£15.21M	15.25	£11.99M	£0.06	1,266.67

Is BBGI or BSV a better dividend stock?

BBGI Global Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. British Smaller Companies VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. BBGI Global Infrastructure pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, BBGI or BSV?

BBGI Global Infrastructure has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British Smaller Companies VCT has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BBGI or BSV?

BBGI Global Infrastructure received 7 more outperform votes than British Smaller Companies VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.00% of users gave British Smaller Companies VCT an outperform vote while only 60.27% of users gave BBGI Global Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BBGI Global Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 44 60.27%	Underperform Votes 29 39.73%
British Smaller Companies VCT	Outperform Votes 37 74.00%	Underperform Votes 13 26.00%

Summary

BBGI Global Infrastructure beats British Smaller Companies VCT on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.