Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT) Competitors

Baronsmead Venture Trust (LON:BVT) and Schroder Income Growth (LON:SCF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BVT or SCF?

Schroder Income Growth received 4 more outperform votes than Baronsmead Venture Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.68% of users gave Schroder Income Growth an outperform vote while only 67.02% of users gave Baronsmead Venture Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baronsmead Venture Trust	Outperform Votes 63 67.02%	Underperform Votes 31 32.98%
Schroder Income Growth	Outperform Votes 67 67.68%	Underperform Votes 32 32.32%

Do analysts rate BVT or SCF?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Baronsmead Venture Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Schroder Income Growth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, BVT or SCF?

Baronsmead Venture Trust has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder Income Growth has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BVT or SCF?

Schroder Income Growth has higher revenue and earnings than Baronsmead Venture Trust. Baronsmead Venture Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder Income Growth, 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
Baronsmead Venture Trust	-£17.38M	-10.56	-£5.14M	-£0.07	-750.00
Schroder Income Growth	£18.73M	9.94	£16.26M	£0.23	1,165.21

Is BVT or SCF more profitable?

Schroder Income Growth has a net margin of 86.82% compared to Baronsmead Venture Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Schroder Income Growth's return on equity of 7.50% beat Baronsmead Venture Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baronsmead Venture Trust	N/A	-2.65%	-1.64%
Schroder Income Growth	86.82%	7.50%	4.32%

Does the media prefer BVT or SCF?

In the previous week, Baronsmead Venture Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Schroder Income Growth'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Baronsmead Venture Trust	Neutral
Schroder Income Growth	Neutral

Is BVT or SCF a better dividend stock?

Baronsmead Venture Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Schroder Income Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Baronsmead Venture Trust pays out -5,714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schroder Income Growth pays out 6,087.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Baronsmead Venture Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BVT or SCF?

10.8% of Schroder Income Growth shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Baronsmead Venture Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Schroder Income Growth shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Schroder Income Growth beats Baronsmead Venture Trust on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.