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Crown Place VCT (CRWN) Competitors

GBX 29.10 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 08/1/2025

CRWN vs. AAIF, MWY, BIPS, MNL, CTUK, MTE, EAT, HINT, NBLS, and OTV2

Should you be buying Crown Place VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crown Place VCT include abrdn Asian Income Fund (AAIF), Mid Wynd International Inv Tr (MWY), Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS), Manchester & London (MNL), CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust (CTUK), Montanaro European Smaller (MTE), European Assets Trust (EAT), Henderson International Income (HINT), NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L) (NBLS), and Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Crown Place VCT vs. Its Competitors

Crown Place VCT (LON:CRWN) and abrdn Asian Income Fund (LON:AAIF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Crown Place VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. abrdn Asian Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. 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. abrdn Asian Income Fund pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

abrdn Asian Income Fund has a net margin of 85.32% compared to Crown Place VCT's net margin of 50.64%. abrdn Asian Income Fund's return on equity of 11.73% beat Crown Place VCT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Crown Place VCT50.64% 2.35% 1.52%
abrdn Asian Income Fund 85.32%11.73%7.35%

0.9% of Crown Place VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Crown Place VCT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Crown Place VCT has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Asian Income Fund has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

abrdn Asian Income Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Crown Place VCT. abrdn Asian Income Fund 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 Ratio
Crown Place VCT£4.57M19.37£2.31M£0.7638.25
abrdn Asian Income Fund£49.66M6.94£42.37M£28.298.17

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

Company Overall Sentiment
Crown Place VCT Neutral
abrdn Asian Income Fund Positive

Summary

abrdn Asian Income Fund beats Crown Place VCT on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CRWN vs. The Competition

MetricCrown Place VCTAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£88.49M£1.29B£6.31B£3.03B
Dividend Yield5.46%4.40%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio38.2522.3714.05176.75
Price / Sales19.372,540.331,847.24264,362.45
Price / Cash2.8060.70127.4727.97
Price / Book0.851.452.244.53
Net Income£2.31M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.46%6.02%12.58%
1 Month PerformanceN/A0.37%1.60%4.67%
1 Year PerformanceN/A6.31%19.60%72.88%

Crown Place VCT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRWN
Crown Place VCT
N/AGBX 29.10
flat
N/AN/A£88.49M£4.57M38.25N/A
AAIF
abrdn Asian Income Fund
N/AGBX 234
flat
N/A+9.5%£349.22M£49.66M8.27N/ANews Coverage
MWY
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr
N/AGBX 778
+1.3%
N/A-0.7%£348.87M£46.65M7.86N/A
BIPS
Invesco Bond Income Plus
N/AGBX 171.50
flat
N/A+0.1%£348.27M£25.14M8.78N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
MNL
Manchester & London
N/AGBX 870
+0.7%
N/A+37.1%£346.46M£125.20M2.89N/ANews Coverage
CTUK
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust
N/AGBX 342
+0.6%
N/A+0.1%£346.40M£59.57M6.23N/A
MTE
Montanaro European Smaller
N/AGBX 182
flat
N/A+25.0%£346.19M£57.06M6.61N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
EAT
European Assets Trust
N/AGBX 96.20
flat
N/A+12.8%£345.98M£35.04M12.38N/A
HINT
Henderson International Income
N/AGBX 174.59
flat
N/AN/A£342.26M£38.86M9.82N/A
NBLS
NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£337.13MN/A0.00N/A
OTV2
Octopus Titan VCT
N/AGBX 21
-37.3%
N/A-40.6%£334.38M-£147.88M-1.8630Gap Down

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This page (LON:CRWN) was last updated on 8/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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