Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 (MIG3) Competitors

Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 (LON:MIG3) and Fair Oaks Income (LON:FA17) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

Does the media refer more to MIG3 or FA17?

In the previous week, Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 and Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 both had 1 articles in the media. Fair Oaks Income's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Maven Income and Growth VCT 3's score of 0.91 indicating that Fair Oaks Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fair Oaks Income	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, MIG3 or FA17?

Fair Oaks Income has higher revenue and earnings than Maven Income and Growth VCT 3. Fair Oaks Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maven Income and Growth VCT 3, 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
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	£2.78M	20.17	£728.80K	£0.58	76.97
Fair Oaks Income	£3.05B	0.07	£2.96B	£0.07	7.35

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MIG3 or FA17?

2.5% of Fair Oaks Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Fair Oaks Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MIG3 or FA17 more profitable?

Fair Oaks Income has a net margin of 97.06% compared to Maven Income and Growth VCT 3's net margin of 26.21%. Fair Oaks Income's return on equity of 12.24% beat Maven Income and Growth VCT 3's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	26.21%	1.12%	-2.94%
Fair Oaks Income	97.06%	12.24%	N/A

Is MIG3 or FA17 a better dividend stock?

Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Fair Oaks Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1,600.0%. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 pays out 513.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fair Oaks Income pays out 11,759.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Fair Oaks Income beats Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.