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Molten Ventures VCT (MVCT) Competitors

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MVCT vs. JUGI, PAC, JEMI, NAIT, HEFT, GRID, BHIU, NESF, BIPS, and CHIU

Should you be buying Molten Ventures VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Molten Ventures VCT include JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income (JUGI), Pacific Assets (PAC), JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts (JEMI), North American Income Trust (NAIT), Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT), Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHIU), NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS), and CT UK High Income Trust (CHIU). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Molten Ventures VCT vs. Its Competitors

JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income (LON:JUGI) and Molten Ventures VCT (LON:MVCT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molten Ventures VCT has a beta of 0.1, suggesting that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Molten Ventures VCT has a net margin of 336.71% compared to JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income's net margin of 95.39%. JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income's return on equity of 25.82% beat Molten Ventures VCT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income95.39% 25.82% 15.14%
Molten Ventures VCT 336.71%-6.80%-1.38%

7.9% of JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Molten Ventures VCT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Molten Ventures VCT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Molten Ventures VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Molten Ventures VCT pays out -89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Molten Ventures VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income has higher revenue and earnings than Molten Ventures VCT. Molten Ventures VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income£44.86M9.25£104.47M£0.45721.16
Molten Ventures VCT-£6.86M-16.02-£8.19M-£0.03-1,392.86

In the previous week, JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Molten Ventures VCT'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income Neutral
Molten Ventures VCT Neutral

Summary

JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income beats Molten Ventures VCT on 9 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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MVCT vs. The Competition

MetricMolten Ventures VCTAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£109.90M£1.45B£6.35B£2.57B
Dividend Yield5.73%4.58%4.30%5.30%
P/E Ratio-1,392.864,756.301,775.415,413.34
Price / Sales-16.021,964.971,341.3996,831.90
Price / Cash3.2960.6248.9927.93
Price / Book0.871.382.088.43
Net Income-£8.19M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.34%1.05%0.35%
1 Month PerformanceN/A1.25%2.11%44.36%
1 Year Performance-7.14%8.05%31.64%164.68%

Molten Ventures VCT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MVCT
Molten Ventures VCT
N/AGBX 39
+4.0%
N/AN/A£109.90M-£6.86M-1,392.86N/AGap Up
JUGI
JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income
N/AGBX 321
flat
N/A-1.1%£413.76M£44.86M718.92N/A
PAC
Pacific Assets
N/AGBX 350
-0.3%
N/A-3.2%£412.38M£54.96M943.401,740
JEMI
JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts
N/AGBX 151.50
+0.3%
N/A+19.8%£407.76M£62.86M743.38N/A
NAIT
North American Income Trust
N/AGBX 346.50
-0.3%
N/A+14.3%£402.05M£93.81M500.72N/ADividend Announcement
HEFT
Henderson European Focus Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£400.01M£79.72M537.14N/AHigh Trading Volume
GRID
Gresham House Energy Storage
2.4008 of 5 stars
GBX 69
+0.1%
GBX 7,500
+10,769.6%
+41.2%£392.65M-£113.35M-339.57N/APositive News
BHIU
BMO UK High Income Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£391.68M£3.93M16,900.00N/AGap Up
NESF
NextEnergy Solar Fund
N/AGBX 66.90
-1.0%
N/AN/A£384.81M£1.06M-3,596.77N/AHigh Trading Volume
BIPS
Invesco Bond Income Plus
N/AGBX 174
flat
N/A+0.9%£383.81M£28.17M1,314.20N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
CHIU
CT UK High Income Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£383.24M£12.28M3,677.78N/A

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This page (LON:MVCT) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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