CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN) Competitors

CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (LON:CYN) and British Smaller Companies VCT2 (LON:BSC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Does the media favor CYN or BSC?

In the previous week, CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income had 1 more articles in the media than British Smaller Companies VCT2. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income and 0 mentions for British Smaller Companies VCT2. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat British Smaller Companies VCT2's score of 0.38 indicating that CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	Very Positive
British Smaller Companies VCT2	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CYN or BSC?

CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income received 57 more outperform votes than British Smaller Companies VCT2 when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.91% of users gave British Smaller Companies VCT2 an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	Outperform Votes 86 64.66%	Underperform Votes 47 35.34%
British Smaller Companies VCT2	Outperform Votes 29 65.91%	Underperform Votes 15 34.09%

Is CYN or BSC more profitable?

British Smaller Companies VCT2 has a net margin of 58.95% compared to CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's net margin of 58.17%. British Smaller Companies VCT2's return on equity of 4.40% beat CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	58.17%	3.85%	2.66%
British Smaller Companies VCT2	58.95%	4.40%	2.73%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CYN or BSC?

British Smaller Companies VCT2 has higher revenue and earnings than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income. British Smaller Companies VCT2 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income, 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
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	£9M	13.60	£5.23M	£0.08	2,287.50
British Smaller Companies VCT2	£9.06M	14.25	£5.34M	£0.03	1,883.33

Is CYN or BSC a better dividend stock?

CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. British Smaller Companies VCT2 pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. British Smaller Companies VCT2 pays out 13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility and risk, CYN or BSC?

CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British Smaller Companies VCT2 has a beta of -0.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CYN or BSC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
British Smaller Companies VCT2	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CYN or BSC?

27.1% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of British Smaller Companies VCT2 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income beats British Smaller Companies VCT2 on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.