CT Private Equity Trust (CTPE) Competitors

CT Private Equity Trust (LON:CTPE) and Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is CTPE or LWDB a better dividend stock?

CT Private Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. CT Private Equity Trust pays out 359.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Law Debenture pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CTPE or LWDB?

Law Debenture has higher revenue and earnings than CT Private Equity Trust. Law Debenture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT Private Equity 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 Private Equity Trust	£6.88M	49.17	£5.40M	£0.08	6,064.10
Law Debenture	£244.75M	5.44	£142.39M	£1.28	779.67

Does the media favor CTPE or LWDB?

In the previous week, Law Debenture had 1 more articles in the media than CT Private Equity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Law Debenture and 0 mentions for CT Private Equity Trust. Law Debenture's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat CT Private Equity Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Law Debenture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CT Private Equity Trust	Neutral
Law Debenture	Positive

Is CTPE or LWDB more profitable?

Law Debenture has a net margin of 69.85% compared to CT Private Equity Trust's net margin of 59.97%. Law Debenture's return on equity of 15.91% beat CT Private Equity Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CT Private Equity Trust	59.97%	1.10%	1.91%
Law Debenture	69.85%	15.91%	8.76%

Which has more risk & volatility, CTPE or LWDB?

CT Private Equity Trust has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CTPE or LWDB?

16.8% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of Law Debenture shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Law Debenture shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Law Debenture beats CT Private Equity Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.