CT UK High Income Trust (CHIB) Competitors

CT UK High Income Trust (LON:CHIB) and Northern 2 VCT (LON:NTV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is CHIB or NTV a better dividend stock?

CT UK High Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Northern 2 VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. CT UK High Income Trust pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Northern 2 VCT pays out 1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is CHIB or NTV more profitable?

Northern 2 VCT has a net margin of 7,373.23% compared to CT UK High Income Trust's net margin of 84.52%. Northern 2 VCT's return on equity of 335.60% beat CT UK High Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CT UK High Income Trust	84.52%	10.59%	6.32%
Northern 2 VCT	7,373.23%	335.60%	1.55%

Does the media favor CHIB or NTV?

In the previous week, Northern 2 VCT had 2 more articles in the media than CT UK High Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Northern 2 VCT and 0 mentions for CT UK High Income Trust. Northern 2 VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat CT UK High Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Northern 2 VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CT UK High Income Trust	Neutral
Northern 2 VCT	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CHIB or NTV?

28.3% of CT UK High Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of CT UK High Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Northern 2 VCT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CHIB or NTV?

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, Northern 2 VCT has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CHIB or NTV?

Northern 2 VCT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CT UK High Income Trust. Northern 2 VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT UK High Income Trust, 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
CT UK High Income Trust	£13.28M	2.36	£11.22M	£0.10	1,030.00
Northern 2 VCT	£5.69M	21.57	£419.84M	£189.72	0.29

Summary

Northern 2 VCT beats CT UK High Income Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.