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Develop North (DVNO) Competitors

GBX 70 -7.00 (-9.09%)
As of 10/3/2025 05:17 AM Eastern

DVNO vs. OSEC, GPM, DGI9, MATE, D4H, EJFI, MVI, AJIT, BSRT, and AJG

Should you be buying Develop North stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Develop North include Octopus AIM VCT 2 (OSEC), Golden Prospect Precious Metal (GPM), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income (MATE), Downing FOUR VCT (D4H), EJF Investments (EJFI), Marwyn Value Investors (MVI), abrdn Japan Investment Trust (AJIT), Baker Steel Resources (BSRT), and Atlantis Japan Growth (AJG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Develop North vs. Its Competitors

Octopus AIM VCT 2 (LON:OSEC) and Develop North (LON:DVNO) 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 risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

Develop North has a net margin of 59.58% compared to Octopus AIM VCT 2's net margin of -17.95%. Develop North's return on equity of 4.24% beat Octopus AIM VCT 2's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Octopus AIM VCT 2-17.95% -1.44% -10.46%
Develop North 59.58%4.24%1.11%

Develop North has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus AIM VCT 2. Octopus AIM VCT 2 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Develop North, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Octopus AIM VCT 2-£6.69M-11.48-£1.34M-£0.04-933.33
Develop North£1.57M11.16£846.72K£0.041,650.94

Octopus AIM VCT 2 has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Develop North has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Octopus AIM VCT 2 pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Develop North pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Octopus AIM VCT 2 pays out -92.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Develop North pays out 94.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Octopus AIM VCT 2 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Octopus AIM VCT 2's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Develop North'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Octopus AIM VCT 2 Neutral
Develop North Neutral

Summary

Develop North beats Octopus AIM VCT 2 on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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DVNO vs. The Competition

MetricDevelop NorthAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£19.23M£1.49B£6.03B£2.59B
Dividend Yield5.19%4.59%4.31%5.30%
P/E Ratio1,650.943,115.641,332.944,424.90
Price / Sales11.161,914.011,319.6299,677.99
Price / Cash107.5060.47127.4327.90
Price / Book0.901.382.138.04
Net Income£846.72K£264.59M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-9.09%0.94%4.13%4.35%
1 Month Performance-9.09%1.62%6.45%6.26%
1 Year Performance-0.28%8.72%38.29%143.90%

Develop North Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DVNO
Develop North
N/AGBX 70
-9.1%
N/A-0.3%£19.23M£1.57M1,650.94N/AGap Down
OSEC
Octopus AIM VCT 2
N/AGBX 36.40
flat
N/AN/A£76.74M-£6.69M-933.33N/AHigh Trading Volume
GPM
Golden Prospect Precious Metal
N/AGBX 81.88
-0.8%
N/A+130.8%£76.35M£7.18M1,033.84N/APositive News
DGI9
Digital 9 Infrastructure
N/AGBX 8.80
-1.1%
N/A-51.7%£76.14M-£385.40M-19.57N/AHigh Trading Volume
MATE
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income
N/AN/AN/AN/A£75.67MN/A-1,716.67N/A
D4H
Downing FOUR VCT
N/AN/AN/AN/A£75.57MN/A950.004
EJFI
EJF Investments
N/AGBX 123.51
-0.4%
N/A+13.6%£75.52M£12.54M812.57N/AHigh Trading Volume
MVI
Marwyn Value Investors
N/AGBX 129
-1.1%
N/A+46.5%£72.93M£18.67M388.5518Positive News
Earnings Report
AJIT
abrdn Japan Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£72.72M-£3.20M-1,720.59N/AGap Down
BSRT
Baker Steel Resources
N/AGBX 67.67
+1.0%
N/A+42.3%£72.04M£14.06M540.90N/AEarnings Report
AJG
Atlantis Japan Growth
N/AN/AN/AN/A£70.72M£4.41M33.0844,000Gap Down

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This page (LON:DVNO) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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