NCA2 vs. BLU, USF, TORO, LTI, D467, LME, VELA, SIHL, IVPM, and ARGO
Should you be buying New Century AIM 2 VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New Century AIM 2 VCT include Blue Star Capital (BLU), US Solar Fund (USF), Chenavari Toro Income Fund (TORO), Lindsell Train (LTI), Thames Ventures VCT 2 DP67 (D467), Limitless Earth (LME), Vela Technologies (VELA), Symphony International (SIHL), Invesco Select Liquidity (IVPM), and Argo Group (ARGO). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
New Century AIM 2 VCT (LON:NCA2) and Blue Star Capital (LON:BLU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
New Century AIM 2 VCT's return on equity of -33.30% beat Blue Star Capital's return on equity.
Blue Star Capital received 86 more outperform votes than New Century AIM 2 VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.69% of users gave Blue Star Capital an outperform vote while only 69.77% of users gave New Century AIM 2 VCT an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Blue Star Capital had 8 more articles in the media than New Century AIM 2 VCT. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Blue Star Capital and 0 mentions for New Century AIM 2 VCT. Blue Star Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat New Century AIM 2 VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Blue Star Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
10.2% of New Century AIM 2 VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.5% of New Century AIM 2 VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.2% of Blue Star Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
New Century AIM 2 VCT has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Star Capital.
New Century AIM 2 VCT has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Star Capital has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Blue Star Capital beats New Century AIM 2 VCT on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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