OAP3 vs. TEM, BHMG, JAM, RAT, FEV, PNL, MYI, WTAN, BRW, and JTC
Should you be buying Octopus Apollo VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Octopus Apollo VCT include Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), JPMorgan American (JAM), Rathbones Group (RAT), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Personal Assets (PNL), Murray International (MYI), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), and JTC (JTC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Octopus Apollo VCT vs.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (LON:TEM) and Octopus Apollo VCT (LON:OAP3) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust received 28 more outperform votes than Octopus Apollo VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.13% of users gave Octopus Apollo VCT an outperform vote while only 55.65% of users gave Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus Apollo VCT. Octopus Apollo VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Octopus Apollo VCT has a beta of -0.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a net margin of 81.07% compared to Octopus Apollo VCT's net margin of -226.25%. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's return on equity of 7.07% beat Octopus Apollo VCT's return on equity.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Octopus Apollo VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays out 48.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Octopus Apollo VCT pays out -500.9% 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. Octopus Apollo VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust and Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Octopus Apollo VCT's score of -1.29 indicating that Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
71.1% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Octopus Apollo VCT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust beats Octopus Apollo VCT on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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