M&G Credit Income Investment (MGCI) Competitors

Octopus Titan VCT (LON:OTV2) and M&G Credit Income Investment (LON:MGCI) 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 earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OTV2 or MGCI?

Octopus Titan VCT received 28 more outperform votes than M&G Credit Income Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave M&G Credit Income Investment an outperform vote while only 67.44% of users gave Octopus Titan VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Octopus Titan VCT	Outperform Votes 29 67.44%	Underperform Votes 14 32.56%
M&G Credit Income Investment	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OTV2 or MGCI?

M&G Credit Income Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus Titan VCT. Octopus Titan VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&G Credit Income Investment, 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
Octopus Titan VCT	-£147.88M	-3.93	-£173.99M	-£11.30	-3.23
M&G Credit Income Investment	£17.36M	8.11	£15.42M	£10.49	9.06

Is OTV2 or MGCI a better dividend stock?

Octopus Titan VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. M&G Credit Income Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Octopus Titan VCT pays out -35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&G Credit Income Investment pays out 76.3% 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 Titan VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is OTV2 or MGCI more profitable?

Octopus Titan VCT has a net margin of 117.66% compared to M&G Credit Income Investment's net margin of 88.81%. M&G Credit Income Investment's return on equity of 10.78% beat Octopus Titan VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Octopus Titan VCT	117.66%	-18.89%	-14.38%
M&G Credit Income Investment	88.81%	10.78%	6.00%

Which has more risk & volatility, OTV2 or MGCI?

Octopus Titan VCT has a beta of -0.09, indicating that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&G Credit Income Investment has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in OTV2 or MGCI?

0.1% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of M&G Credit Income Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of M&G Credit Income Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer OTV2 or MGCI?

In the previous week, M&G Credit Income Investment had 3 more articles in the media than Octopus Titan VCT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for M&G Credit Income Investment and 0 mentions for Octopus Titan VCT. M&G Credit Income Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Octopus Titan VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that M&G Credit Income Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Octopus Titan VCT	Neutral
M&G Credit Income Investment	Very Positive

Summary

M&G Credit Income Investment beats Octopus Titan VCT on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.