Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 (MAV4) Competitors

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust (LON:CTUK) and Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 (LON:MAV4) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CTUK or MAV4?

85.1% of CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CTUK or MAV4 a better dividend stock?

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust pays out 21.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 pays out 441.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CTUK or MAV4?

Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 received 71 more outperform votes than CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	N/A	N/A
Maven Income and Growth VCT 4	Outperform Votes 71 67.62%	Underperform Votes 34 32.38%

Which has more risk and volatility, CTUK or MAV4?

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, CTUK or MAV4?

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Maven Income and Growth VCT 4. CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maven Income and Growth VCT 4, 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
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	£59.57M	5.47	£55.62M	£54.92	5.85
Maven Income and Growth VCT 4	£4.20M	20.11	£1.33M	£0.91	63.41

Does the media refer more to CTUK or MAV4?

In the previous week, Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 had 1 more articles in the media than CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 and 0 mentions for CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust. Maven Income and Growth VCT 4's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	Neutral
Maven Income and Growth VCT 4	Very Positive

Is CTUK or MAV4 more profitable?

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust has a net margin of 93.37% compared to Maven Income and Growth VCT 4's net margin of 31.71%. CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust's return on equity of 16.24% beat Maven Income and Growth VCT 4's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	93.37%	16.24%	7.44%
Maven Income and Growth VCT 4	31.71%	1.48%	-0.11%

Summary

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust beats Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.