MVCT vs. THRG, POLN, NESF, AAS, JCH, HEFT, UEM, FSG, BHIU, and IPO
Should you be buying Molten Ventures VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Molten Ventures VCT include BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), Pollen Street Group (POLN), NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), abrdn Asia Focus (AAS), JPMorgan Claverhouse (JCH), Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT), Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (UEM), Foresight Group (FSG), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHIU), and IP Group (IPO). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Molten Ventures VCT vs.
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (LON:THRG) and Molten Ventures VCT (LON:MVCT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
Molten Ventures VCT has a net margin of 336.71% compared to BlackRock Throgmorton Trust's net margin of 92.84%. BlackRock Throgmorton Trust's return on equity of 14.49% beat Molten Ventures VCT's return on equity.
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust received 87 more outperform votes than Molten Ventures VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Molten Ventures VCT an outperform vote while only 70.97% of users gave BlackRock Throgmorton Trust an outperform vote.
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Molten Ventures VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. BlackRock Throgmorton Trust pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Molten Ventures VCT pays out -62.4% 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.
In the previous week, BlackRock Throgmorton Trust had 10 more articles in the media than Molten Ventures VCT. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for BlackRock Throgmorton Trust and 0 mentions for Molten Ventures VCT. BlackRock Throgmorton Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Molten Ventures VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock Throgmorton Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
28.8% of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of Molten Ventures VCT shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Molten Ventures VCT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Molten Ventures VCT. Molten Ventures VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock Throgmorton Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molten Ventures VCT has a beta of 0.1, indicating that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust beats Molten Ventures VCT on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MVCT) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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