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Molten Ventures VCT (MVCT) Competitors

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MVCT vs. JUGI, GRID, HEFT, BHIU, BIPS, FAS, CHIU, JAI, AAIF, and DIG

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), Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID), Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHIU), Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS), Fidelity Asian Values (FAS), CT UK High Income Trust (CHIU), JP Morgan Asian Investment Trust (JAI), abrdn Asian Income Fund (AAIF), and Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (DIG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Molten Ventures VCT vs. Its Competitors

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

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
Molten Ventures VCT-£6.86M-14.82-£8.19M-£2.80-12.86
JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income£44.86M8.97£104.47M£44.657.06

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
Molten Ventures VCT336.71% -6.80% -1.38%
JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income 95.39%25.82%15.14%

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

In the previous week, JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income had 3 more articles in the media than Molten Ventures VCT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income and 0 mentions for Molten Ventures VCT. JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Molten Ventures VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

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 an annual dividend of GBX 0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Molten Ventures VCT pays out -0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income pays out 0.3% 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.

Summary

JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income beats Molten Ventures VCT on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MVCT vs. The Competition

MetricMolten Ventures VCTAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£101.63M£1.45B£4.88B£2.60B
Dividend Yield5.73%4.72%4.41%5.37%
P/E Ratio-12.8644.0122.56400.42
Price / Sales-14.821,976.561,367.8997,792.50
Price / Cash3.2960.47127.7727.90
Price / Book0.801.352.127.50
Net Income-£8.19M£264.59M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.08%-0.29%-0.46%
1 Month Performance-5.76%-0.13%0.01%0.82%
1 Year PerformanceN/A8.56%39.40%123.42%

Molten Ventures VCT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MVCT
Molten Ventures VCT
N/AGBX 36
-4.0%
N/A-10.7%£101.63M-£6.86M-12.86N/AGap Down
JUGI
JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income
N/AGBX 317.97
0.0%
N/A-4.8%£405.93M£44.86M7.12N/APositive News
Earnings Report
GRID
Gresham House Energy Storage
2.6151 of 5 stars
GBX 71
-1.3%
GBX 7,500
+10,463.4%
+48.0%£404.04M-£5.79M-50.35N/APositive News
HEFT
Henderson European Focus Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£400.01M£79.72M537.14N/AHigh Trading Volume
BHIU
BMO UK High Income Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£391.68M£3.93M16,900.00N/AGap Up
BIPS
Invesco Bond Income Plus
N/AGBX 172.68
+0.1%
N/A+0.8%£388.41M£28.17M13.04N/ADividend Announcement
FAS
Fidelity Asian Values
N/AGBX 594.68
+1.1%
N/A+16.7%£383.69M£36.28M12.88N/APositive News
Earnings Report
CHIU
CT UK High Income Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£383.24M£12.28M3,677.78N/A
JAI
JP Morgan Asian Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£377.27M£25.05M17.51N/A
AAIF
abrdn Asian Income Fund
N/AGBX 258
+0.8%
N/A+15.7%£371.62M£19.92M22.59N/A
DIG
Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust
N/AGBX 297
+1.0%
N/A+7.8%£368.02M£10.37M41.02N/ADividend Announcement

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This page (LON:MVCT) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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