Crown Place VCT (CRWN) Competitors GBX 28.40 -0.70 (-2.41%) As of 03:58 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendBuy This Stock CRWN vs. LWI, HFEL, BIPS, CTPE, AUSC, HINT, MWY, BGEU, NBLS, and HNEShould you be buying Crown Place VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crown Place VCT include Lowland (LWI), Henderson Far East Income (HFEL), Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS), CT Private Equity Trust (CTPE), abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC), Henderson International Income (HINT), Mid Wynd International Inv Tr (MWY), Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (BGEU), NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L) (NBLS), and Henderson EuroTrust (HNE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Crown Place VCT vs. Lowland Henderson Far East Income Invesco Bond Income Plus CT Private Equity Trust abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust Henderson International Income Mid Wynd International Inv Tr Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L) Henderson EuroTrust Lowland (LON:LWI) and Crown Place VCT (LON:CRWN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk. Is LWI or CRWN a better dividend stock? Lowland pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Crown Place VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Lowland pays out 28.2% 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. Does the media prefer LWI or CRWN? In the previous week, Lowland's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Crown Place VCT'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Lowland Neutral Crown Place VCT Neutral Do institutionals & insiders believe in LWI or CRWN? 11.7% of Lowland shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown Place VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Lowland 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is LWI or CRWN more profitable? Lowland has a net margin of 92.30% compared to Crown Place VCT's net margin of 50.64%. Lowland's return on equity of 15.19% beat Crown Place VCT's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Lowland92.30% 15.19% 4.63% Crown Place VCT 50.64%2.35%1.52% Which has better earnings and valuation, LWI or CRWN? Lowland has higher revenue and earnings than Crown Place VCT. Lowland 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLowland£58.88M6.02£54.35M£21.316.52Crown Place VCT£4.57M18.90£2.31M£0.7637.33 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LWI or CRWN? Lowland received 27 more outperform votes than Crown Place VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.91% of users gave Crown Place VCT an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Lowland an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLowlandOutperform Votes11465.52% Underperform Votes6034.48% Crown Place VCTOutperform Votes8765.91% Underperform Votes4534.09% Which has more volatility & risk, LWI or CRWN? Lowland has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Place VCT has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryLowland beats Crown Place VCT on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Crown Place VCT News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CRWN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart CRWN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCrown Place VCTAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£86.36M£1.19B£5.25B£2.62BDividend Yield5.46%4.40%4.18%5.05%P/E Ratio37.3321.2312.78134.60Price / Sales18.902,310.311,679.75221,328.11Price / Cash2.8060.4649.6228.03Price / Book0.831.141.343.84Net Income£2.31M£263.32M£1.22B£5.88B7 Day Performance-1.05%-0.37%-0.05%3.54%1 Month PerformanceN/A16.88%10.37%25.38%1 Year Performance-0.77%2.28%13.55%130.62% Crown Place VCT Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CRWNCrown Place VCTN/AGBX 28.40-2.4%N/AN/A£86.36M£4.57M37.33N/AGap DownLWILowlandN/AGBX 138flatN/A+7.3%£351.98M£58.88M6.48N/AHFELHenderson Far East IncomeN/AGBX 216.50+0.5%N/A-10.3%£351.83M£-1,751,276.83-34.10N/ABIPSInvesco Bond Income PlusN/AGBX 171flatN/A+0.3%£347.25M£25.14M8.76N/ADividend AnnouncementHigh Trading VolumeCTPECT Private Equity TrustN/AGBX 483-0.6%N/A+5.3%£346.27M£9.01M64.28N/ADividend AnnouncementAUSCabrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth TrustN/AGBX 511.49+0.5%N/A+2.4%£345.26M£54.96M6.92N/AHINTHenderson International IncomeN/AGBX 174.75+0.1%N/A+5.2%£342.58M£38.86M9.83N/AMWYMid Wynd International Inv TrN/AGBX 758+0.8%N/A-4.3%£339.91M£46.65M7.66N/ABGEUBaillie Gifford European Growth TrustN/AGBX 97.80+0.2%N/A-2.4%£338.12M£46.84M7.41N/APositive NewsDividend IncreaseNBLSNB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£337.13MN/A0.00N/AHNEHenderson EuroTrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£332.62M£31.38M1,207.69N/A Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Lowland Alternatives Henderson Far East Income Alternatives Invesco Bond Income Plus Alternatives CT Private Equity Trust Alternatives abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust Alternatives Henderson International Income Alternatives Mid Wynd International Inv Tr Alternatives Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust Alternatives NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L) Alternatives Henderson EuroTrust Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:CRWN) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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