Duke Capital (DUKE) Competitors

Duke Capital (LON:DUKE) and Octopus Apollo VCT (LON:OAP3) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.

Is DUKE or OAP3 a better dividend stock?

Duke Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Octopus Apollo VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Duke Capital pays out 3.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Octopus Apollo VCT pays out -500.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more risk & volatility, DUKE or OAP3?

Duke Capital has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Octopus Apollo VCT has a beta of -0.09, indicating that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DUKE or OAP3?

Duke Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus Apollo VCT. Octopus Apollo VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duke Capital, 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
Duke Capital	£29.70M	3.77	£418.18M	£101.23	0.27
Octopus Apollo VCT	£2.55M	169.98	-£5.76M	-£0.60	-75.13

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DUKE or OAP3?

36.1% of Duke Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Duke Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Octopus Apollo VCT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DUKE or OAP3 more profitable?

Duke Capital has a net margin of 1,408.25% compared to Octopus Apollo VCT's net margin of -226.25%. Duke Capital's return on equity of 255.49% beat Octopus Apollo VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Duke Capital	1,408.25%	255.49%	5.61%
Octopus Apollo VCT	-226.25%	-1.19%	-0.07%

Does the media prefer DUKE or OAP3?

In the previous week, Duke Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Octopus Apollo VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Duke Capital and 0 mentions for Octopus Apollo VCT. Octopus Apollo VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Duke Capital's score of -0.12 indicating that Octopus Apollo VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Duke Capital	Neutral
Octopus Apollo VCT	Neutral

Do analysts prefer DUKE or OAP3?

Duke Capital presently has a consensus price target of GBX 46, indicating a potential upside of 70.37%. Given Duke Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Duke Capital is more favorable than Octopus Apollo VCT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Duke Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Octopus Apollo VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DUKE or OAP3?

Duke Capital received 69 more outperform votes than Octopus Apollo VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.32% of users gave Duke Capital an outperform vote while only 66.13% of users gave Octopus Apollo VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Duke Capital	Outperform Votes 110 74.32%	Underperform Votes 38 25.68%
Octopus Apollo VCT	Outperform Votes 41 66.13%	Underperform Votes 21 33.87%

Summary

Duke Capital beats Octopus Apollo VCT on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.