MTU vs. OAP3, BSIF, NAS, ESCT, IPO, JPGI, JLEN, THRG, JCH, and JII
Should you be buying Montanaro UK Smaller Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies include Octopus Apollo VCT (OAP3), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), North Atlantic Smaller Cos (NAS), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), IP Group (IPO), Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income (JPGI), JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN), BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), JPMorgan Claverhouse (JCH), and JPMorgan Indian (JII). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies vs. Its Competitors
Octopus Apollo VCT (LON:OAP3) and Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) 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 risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Octopus Apollo VCT has a beta of -0.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Octopus Apollo VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Octopus Apollo VCT pays out 92.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays out -64.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a net margin of 91.45% compared to Octopus Apollo VCT's net margin of -226.25%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' return on equity of 13.16% beat Octopus Apollo VCT's return on equity.
In the previous week, Octopus Apollo VCT and Octopus Apollo VCT both had 1 articles in the media. Octopus Apollo VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.67 equaled Montanaro UK Smaller Companies'average media sentiment score.
10.4% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Octopus Apollo VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Octopus Apollo VCT. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Octopus Apollo VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies beats Octopus Apollo VCT on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (LON:MTU) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
