MVCT vs. IPO, ORIT, LIO, JCH, DIG, NAIT, MTW, ANII, AIE, and AUSC
Should you be buying Molten Ventures VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Molten Ventures VCT include IP Group (IPO), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT), Liontrust Asset Management (LIO), JPMorgan Claverhouse (JCH), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (DIG), North American Income Trust (NAIT), Mattioli Woods (MTW), abrdn New India Investment Trust (ANII), Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), and abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
IP Group (LON:IPO) and Molten Ventures VCT (LON:MVCT) 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 dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
IP Group received 360 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 77.47% of users gave IP Group an outperform vote.
IP Group's return on equity of -2.23% beat Molten Ventures VCT's return on equity.
74.3% of IP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of Molten Ventures VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of IP Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Molten Ventures VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Molten Ventures VCT has higher revenue and earnings than IP Group. Molten Ventures VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IP Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IP Group has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% 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.
IP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Molten Ventures VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. IP Group pays out -588.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Molten Ventures VCT pays out -20,000.0% 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.
IP Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 126, indicating a potential upside of 209.20%. Molten Ventures VCT has a consensus target price of GBX 787, indicating a potential upside of 1,688.64%. Given IP Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Molten Ventures VCT is more favorable than IP Group.
In the previous week, IP Group had 8 more articles in the media than Molten Ventures VCT. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for IP Group and 0 mentions for Molten Ventures VCT. Molten Ventures VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat IP Group's score of 0.00 indicating that IP Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Molten Ventures VCT beats IP Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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