CHIB vs. OAP3, POLR, JPGI, IPO, JII, UEM, JCH, THRG, GHE, and HFEL
Should you be buying CT UK High Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CT UK High Income Trust include Octopus Apollo VCT (OAP3), Polar Capital (POLR), Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income (JPGI), IP Group (IPO), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (UEM), JPMorgan Claverhouse (JCH), BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), Gresham House (GHE), and Henderson Far East Income (HFEL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
CT UK High Income Trust vs. Its Competitors
CT UK High Income Trust (LON:CHIB) and Octopus Apollo VCT (LON:OAP3) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
0.1% of CT UK High Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of CT UK High Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Octopus Apollo VCT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CT UK High Income Trust has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Octopus Apollo VCT has a beta of -0.09, meaning that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CT UK High Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Octopus Apollo VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. CT UK High Income Trust pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Octopus Apollo VCT pays out 92.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CT UK High Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Octopus Apollo VCT had 1 more articles in the media than CT UK High Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Octopus Apollo VCT and 0 mentions for CT UK High Income Trust. CT UK High Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Octopus Apollo VCT'saverage media sentiment score.
CT UK High Income Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Octopus Apollo VCT. CT UK High Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Octopus Apollo VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CT UK High Income Trust has a net margin of 84.52% compared to Octopus Apollo VCT's net margin of -226.25%. CT UK High Income Trust's return on equity of 10.59% beat Octopus Apollo VCT's return on equity.
Summary
CT UK High Income Trust beats Octopus Apollo VCT on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:CHIB) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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