OOA vs. GHE, UEM, JUGI, BHGG, GRID, JCH, MTW, ATR, NESF, and POLR
Should you be buying Octopus AIM VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Octopus AIM VCT include Gresham House (GHE), Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (UEM), JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income (JUGI), BH Global (BHGG), Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID), JPMorgan Claverhouse (JCH), Mattioli Woods (MTW), Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. (ATR), NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), and Polar Capital (POLR). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Octopus AIM VCT vs. Its Competitors
Octopus AIM VCT (LON:OOA) and Gresham House (LON:GHE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Octopus AIM VCT has a net margin of 21.28% compared to Gresham House's net margin of 16.16%. Gresham House's return on equity of 9.68% beat Octopus AIM VCT's return on equity.
In the previous week, Gresham House's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Octopus AIM VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Gresham House is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
53.2% of Gresham House shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Octopus AIM VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of Gresham House shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Octopus AIM VCT has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gresham House has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Octopus AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 24.4%. Gresham House pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share. Octopus AIM VCT pays out 1,336.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gresham House pays out 4,444.4% 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 AIM VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Gresham House has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus AIM VCT. Gresham House is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Octopus AIM VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gresham House beats Octopus AIM VCT on 9 of the 13 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:OOA) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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