Investment (INV) Competitors GBX 63.67 -0.33 (-0.52%) As of 07/25/2025 11:43 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesBuy This Stock INV vs. SEED, TRE, BAF, OXF, BLP, BGHL, EDGI, MFAI, ADL, and MNTCShould you be buying Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Investment include Seed Innovations (SEED), First Trust Alerian Disruptive Technology Real Estate UCITS ETF A USD Acc (TRE), British & American Investment Trust (BAF), Oxford Technology 4 Venture Capital Trust (OXF), Blue Planet Investment Trust (BLP), Boussard & Gavaudan EUR (BGHL), Edge Performance VCT Public (EDGI), Mindflair (MFAI), Andalas Energy and Power (ADL), and The Schiehallion Fund (MNTC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Investment vs. Its Competitors Seed Innovations First Trust Alerian Disruptive Technology Real Estate UCITS ETF A USD Acc British & American Investment Trust Oxford Technology 4 Venture Capital Trust Blue Planet Investment Trust Boussard & Gavaudan EUR Edge Performance VCT Public Mindflair Andalas Energy and Power The Schiehallion Fund Seed Innovations (LON:SEED) and Investment (LON:INV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk. Which has more risk & volatility, SEED or INV? Seed Innovations has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investment has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor SEED or INV? In the previous week, Investment had 20 more articles in the media than Seed Innovations. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Investment and 0 mentions for Seed Innovations. Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Seed Innovations' score of 0.00 indicating that Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Seed Innovations Neutral Investment Neutral Do insiders and institutionals believe in SEED or INV? 0.0% of Seed Innovations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 30.6% of Seed Innovations shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.2% of Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is SEED or INV more profitable? Seed Innovations has a net margin of 301.45% compared to Investment's net margin of 83.35%. Investment's return on equity of 14.48% beat Seed Innovations' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Seed Innovations301.45% -11.98% -8.65% Investment 83.35%14.48%5.25% Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SEED or INV? Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Seed Innovations. Seed Innovations is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSeed Innovations-£487.03K-9.37-£1.47M-£0.73-3.17Investment£1.23M0.96£1.02M£54.591.17 SummaryInvestment beats Seed Innovations on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Investment News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for INV and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Media Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart INV vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricInvestmentAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£1.18M£1.31B£6.43B£3.02BDividend Yield1.30%4.38%4.19%5.02%P/E Ratio1.1722.5114.08160.65Price / Sales0.962,365.101,726.25278,114.26Price / Cash19.2360.71128.7127.97Price / Book0.161.231.964.70Net Income£1.02M£264.35M£1.24B£5.90B7 Day Performance-0.90%0.05%0.50%0.40%1 Month Performance-4.97%1.76%3.27%7.09%1 Year Performance-82.36%6.50%25.52%73.21% Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)INVInvestmentN/AGBX 63.67-0.5%N/A-82.3%£1.18M£1.23M1.17N/ATrending NewsSEEDSeed InnovationsN/AGBX 2.17-5.7%N/A+42.8%£4.27M-£487.03K-2.9752Gap DownTREFirst Trust Alerian Disruptive Technology Real Estate UCITS ETF A USD AccN/AGBX 20.28-0.1%N/A-0.9%£4.01MN/A0.00147,000BAFBritish & American Investment TrustN/AGBX 15.96-6.1%N/A-16.0%£3.93M£2.31M2.527Gap DownOXFOxford Technology 4 Venture Capital TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.92M£1.62M261.54N/AGap DownBLPBlue Planet Investment TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.83M-£8.71M155.00N/AGap DownBGHLBoussard & Gavaudan EURN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.41M£3.79M-131.90N/AEDGIEdge Performance VCT PublicN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.39M£9.72M0.37N/AGap DownMFAIMindflairN/AGBX 0.90-2.7%N/AN/A£3.30MN/A-90.003Gap DownADLAndalas Energy and PowerN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.12M£16K-0.406Gap UpMNTCThe Schiehallion FundN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.08M-£256.11M4.89N/AGap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies SEED Alternatives TRE Alternatives BAF Alternatives OXF Alternatives BLP Alternatives BGHL Alternatives EDGI Alternatives MFAI Alternatives ADL Alternatives MNTC Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:INV) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy AMZN, GOOG, MSFT might destroy NVDAInvesting Legend Hints the End May be Near for These 3 Iconic Stocks Futurist Eric Fry say Amazon, Tesla an...InvestorPlace | SponsoredCritical AI announcement set to ignite AI 2.0 I just put together an urgent new presentation that you need to see right away. 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