Crown Place VCT (CRWN) Competitors GBX 29.10 0.00 (0.00%) As of 08/1/2025 Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsBuy This Stock CRWN vs. AAIF, MWY, BIPS, MNL, CTUK, MTE, EAT, HINT, NBLS, and OTV2Should 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 abrdn Asian Income Fund Mid Wynd International Inv Tr Invesco Bond Income Plus Manchester & London CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust Montanaro European Smaller European Assets Trust Henderson International Income NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L) Octopus Titan VCT 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. Is CRWN or AAIF a better dividend stock? 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. Is CRWN or AAIF more profitable? 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% Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CRWN or AAIF? 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. Which has more risk and volatility, CRWN or AAIF? 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. Which has higher valuation and earnings, CRWN or AAIF? 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 RatioCrown Place VCT£4.57M19.37£2.31M£0.7638.25abrdn Asian Income Fund£49.66M6.94£42.37M£28.298.17 Does the media prefer CRWN or AAIF? 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 Summaryabrdn Asian Income Fund beats Crown Place VCT on 12 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 CRWN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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£88.49M£1.29B£6.31B£3.03BDividend Yield5.46%4.40%4.19%5.02%P/E Ratio38.2522.3714.05176.75Price / Sales19.372,540.331,847.24264,362.45Price / Cash2.8060.70127.4727.97Price / Book0.851.452.244.53Net Income£2.31M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CRWNCrown Place VCTN/AGBX 29.10flatN/AN/A£88.49M£4.57M38.25N/AAAIFabrdn Asian Income FundN/AGBX 234flatN/A+9.5%£349.22M£49.66M8.27N/ANews CoverageMWYMid Wynd International Inv TrN/AGBX 778+1.3%N/A-0.7%£348.87M£46.65M7.86N/ABIPSInvesco Bond Income PlusN/AGBX 171.50flatN/A+0.1%£348.27M£25.14M8.78N/ANews CoverageDividend AnnouncementMNLManchester & LondonN/AGBX 870+0.7%N/A+37.1%£346.46M£125.20M2.89N/ANews CoverageCTUKCT UK Capital And Income Investment TrustN/AGBX 342+0.6%N/A+0.1%£346.40M£59.57M6.23N/AMTEMontanaro European SmallerN/AGBX 182flatN/A+25.0%£346.19M£57.06M6.61N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsEATEuropean Assets TrustN/AGBX 96.20flatN/A+12.8%£345.98M£35.04M12.38N/AHINTHenderson International IncomeN/AGBX 174.59flatN/AN/A£342.26M£38.86M9.82N/ANBLSNB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£337.13MN/A0.00N/AOTV2Octopus Titan VCTN/AGBX 21-37.3%N/A-40.6%£334.38M-£147.88M-1.8630Gap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies abrdn Asian Income Fund Alternatives Mid Wynd International Inv Tr Alternatives Invesco Bond Income Plus Alternatives Manchester & London Alternatives CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust Alternatives Montanaro European Smaller Alternatives European Assets Trust Alternatives Henderson International Income Alternatives NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L) Alternatives Octopus Titan VCT 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 8/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMan Who Called Nvidia at $1.10 Says Buy This Now...In 2004, one man called Nvidia before just about anyone knew it existed. 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