OAP3 vs. RAT, FEV, PNL, MYI, WWH, WTAN, ATT, BRW, N91, and SNN
Should you be buying Octopus Apollo VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Octopus Apollo VCT include Rathbones Group (RAT), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Personal Assets (PNL), Murray International (MYI), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Ninety One Group (N91), and Sanne Group (SNN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Octopus Apollo VCT vs. Its Competitors
Octopus Apollo VCT (LON:OAP3) and Rathbones Group (LON:RAT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Octopus Apollo VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Rathbones Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Octopus Apollo VCT has a beta of -0.09, meaning that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rathbones Group has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Octopus Apollo VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Rathbones Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Octopus Apollo VCT pays out -500.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rathbones Group pays out 143.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Octopus Apollo VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Rathbones Group has a net margin of 7.25% compared to Octopus Apollo VCT's net margin of -226.25%. Rathbones Group's return on equity of 4.66% beat Octopus Apollo VCT's return on equity.
Rathbones Group received 320 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 63.78% of users gave Rathbones Group an outperform vote.
48.0% of Rathbones Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Octopus Apollo VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.8% of Rathbones Group 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.
Rathbones Group has a consensus target price of GBX 2,087, indicating a potential upside of 23.78%. Given Rathbones Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rathbones Group is more favorable than Octopus Apollo VCT.
Rathbones Group has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus Apollo VCT. Octopus Apollo VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rathbones Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rathbones Group beats Octopus Apollo VCT on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:OAP3) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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