Crown Place VCT (CRWN) Competitors

Invesco Bond Income Plus (LON:BIPS) and Crown Place VCT (LON:CRWN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Is BIPS or CRWN a better dividend stock?

Invesco Bond Income Plus pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Crown Place VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Invesco Bond Income Plus pays out 61.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crown Place VCT pays out 262.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Invesco Bond Income Plus is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is BIPS or CRWN more profitable?

Invesco Bond Income Plus has a net margin of 157.83% compared to Crown Place VCT's net margin of 50.64%. Invesco Bond Income Plus' return on equity of 11.70% beat Crown Place VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invesco Bond Income Plus	157.83%	11.70%	5.67%
Crown Place VCT	50.64%	2.35%	1.52%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BIPS or CRWN?

11.7% of Invesco Bond Income Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown Place VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Invesco Bond Income Plus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Crown Place VCT shares are owned 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.

Does the media prefer BIPS or CRWN?

In the previous week, Invesco Bond Income Plus had 1 more articles in the media than Crown Place VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Invesco Bond Income Plus and 0 mentions for Crown Place VCT. Invesco Bond Income Plus' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Crown Place VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Invesco Bond Income Plus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Invesco Bond Income Plus	Positive
Crown Place VCT	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, BIPS or CRWN?

Invesco Bond Income Plus has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Place VCT has a beta of 0.09, indicating that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BIPS or CRWN?

Crown Place VCT received 87 more outperform votes than Invesco Bond Income Plus when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Invesco Bond Income Plus	N/A	N/A
Crown Place VCT	Outperform Votes 87 65.91%	Underperform Votes 45 34.09%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BIPS or CRWN?

Invesco Bond Income Plus has higher revenue and earnings than Crown Place VCT. Invesco Bond Income Plus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crown Place VCT, 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
Invesco Bond Income Plus	£25.14M	13.69	£39.68M	£19.53	8.68
Crown Place VCT	£4.57M	19.37	£2.31M	£0.76	38.25

Summary

Invesco Bond Income Plus beats Crown Place VCT on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.