Foresight VCT (FTV) Competitors

Foresight VCT (LON:FTV) and Pensana (LON:PRE) are both small-cap measuring and control equipment companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FTV or PRE?

Foresight VCT has higher revenue and earnings than Pensana. Pensana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight VCT, 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
Foresight VCT	£32.45M	6.15	£24.62M	£8.20	8.11
Pensana	N/A	N/A	-£6.26M	-£1.33	-59.10

Is FTV or PRE more profitable?

Foresight VCT has a net margin of 75.85% compared to Pensana's net margin of 0.00%. Foresight VCT's return on equity of 10.05% beat Pensana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Foresight VCT	75.85%	10.05%	4.98%
Pensana	N/A	-7.99%	-4.97%

Which has more risk and volatility, FTV or PRE?

Foresight VCT has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pensana has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FTV or PRE?

In the previous week, Foresight VCT and Foresight VCT both had 2 articles in the media. Pensana's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Foresight VCT's score of -0.12 indicating that Pensana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Foresight VCT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pensana	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FTV or PRE?

11.9% of Pensana shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Foresight VCT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.7% of Pensana shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Foresight VCT beats Pensana on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.