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Foresight VCT (FTV) Competitors

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GBX 66.50 +1.50 (+2.31%)
As of 07/3/2025 09:51 AM Eastern

FTV vs. PRE, TMO, NAUT, ALNT, MKT, MIR, TT, MTO, JESC, and SDP

Should you be buying Foresight VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Foresight VCT include Pensana (PRE), Time Out Group (TMO), Nautilus Marine Services (NAUT), ALNT.L (ALNT), Market Tech (MKT), Mining Investments Resources (MIR), TUI Travel (TT), Mitie Group (MTO), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), and Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP).

Foresight VCT vs. Its Competitors

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

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
PensanaN/A -7.99% -4.97%
Foresight VCT 75.85%10.05%4.98%

11.9% of Pensana shares are held by institutional investors. 38.7% of Pensana shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Foresight VCT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PensanaN/AN/A-£6.26M-£1.33-45.11
Foresight VCT£32.45M6.15£24.62M£8.208.11

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

In the previous week, Foresight VCT had 1 more articles in the media than Pensana. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Foresight VCT and 1 mentions for Pensana. Pensana's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Foresight VCT's score of 0.03 indicating that Pensana is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Foresight VCT beats Pensana on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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FTV vs. The Competition

MetricForesight VCTAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£199.74M£1.25B£6.45B£2.96B
Dividend Yield9.33%4.36%4.17%5.02%
P/E Ratio8.1121.8413.60146.59
Price / Sales6.152,375.071,762.85240,167.53
Price / Cash5.9060.8148.9127.97
Price / Book0.821.213.195.30
Net Income£24.62M£264.68M£1.25B£5.90B
7 Day Performance4.72%0.48%0.65%0.92%
1 Month PerformanceN/A2.84%3.50%5.20%
1 Year Performance-10.14%6.53%15.51%80.76%

Foresight VCT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FTV
Foresight VCT
N/AGBX 66.50
+2.3%
N/A-6.3%£199.74M£32.45M8.1118,000Gap Up
PRE
Pensana
N/AGBX 60
+5.3%
N/A+218.3%£221.77MN/A-45.111News Coverage
TMO
Time Out Group
N/AGBX 19
-2.6%
N/A-65.3%£67.89M£114.44M-13.33504Gap Down
NAUT
Nautilus Marine Services
N/AN/AN/AN/A£417KN/A-0.03130Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ALNT
ALNT.L
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.001,950
MKT
Market Tech
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.006,400Gap Down
MIR
Mining Investments Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.002,870High Trading Volume
TT
TUI Travel
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.0039,000
MTO
Mitie Group
3.5247 of 5 stars
GBX 141
+1.6%
GBX 165
+17.0%
+20.5%£1.78B£4.80B14.6568,145Positive News
Insider Trade
JESC
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£795.72M£114.05M7.60N/A
SDP
Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund
N/AGBX 563
+0.2%
N/A+4.5%£795.33M£134.70M6.57N/AHigh Trading Volume

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This page (LON:FTV) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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