Octopus AIM VCT (OOA) Competitors GBX 45.50 -1.10 (-2.36%) As of 08/21/2025 12:02 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock OOA vs. PCGH, HEFT, BRFI, DIG, BHIU, FAS, ORIT, CHIU, ANII, and JAIShould you be buying Octopus AIM VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Octopus AIM VCT include Polar Capital Glb Healthcare (PCGH), Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT), BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (DIG), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHIU), Fidelity Asian Values (FAS), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT), CT UK High Income Trust (CHIU), abrdn New India Investment Trust (ANII), and JP Morgan Asian Investment Trust (JAI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Octopus AIM VCT vs. Its Competitors Polar Capital Glb Healthcare Henderson European Focus Trust BlackRock Frontiers Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust BMO UK High Income Trust Fidelity Asian Values Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust CT UK High Income Trust abrdn New India Investment Trust JP Morgan Asian Investment Trust Polar Capital Glb Healthcare (LON:PCGH) and Octopus AIM VCT (LON:OOA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation. Is PCGH or OOA a better dividend stock? Polar Capital Glb Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Octopus AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Polar Capital Glb Healthcare pays out 3.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Do institutionals and insiders believe in PCGH or OOA? 73.7% of Polar Capital Glb Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Polar Capital Glb Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Octopus AIM VCT shares are owned 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. Is PCGH or OOA more profitable? Polar Capital Glb Healthcare has a net margin of 91.60% compared to Octopus AIM VCT's net margin of 21.28%. Polar Capital Glb Healthcare's return on equity of 16.14% beat Octopus AIM VCT's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Polar Capital Glb Healthcare91.60% 16.14% N/A Octopus AIM VCT 21.28%0.61%-11.95% Does the media favor PCGH or OOA? In the previous week, Octopus AIM VCT had 2 more articles in the media than Polar Capital Glb Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Octopus AIM VCT and 0 mentions for Polar Capital Glb Healthcare. Octopus AIM VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Polar Capital Glb Healthcare's score of 0.00 indicating that Octopus AIM VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Polar Capital Glb Healthcare Neutral Octopus AIM VCT Positive Which has higher valuation and earnings, PCGH or OOA? Polar Capital Glb Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus AIM VCT. Polar Capital Glb Healthcare 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPolar Capital Glb Healthcare£84.70M4.91£77.59M£64.675.34Octopus AIM VCT£4.02M25.88£855.81K£0.37121.64 SummaryPolar Capital Glb Healthcare beats Octopus AIM VCT on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Octopus AIM VCT News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for OOA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Media Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart OOA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricOctopus AIM VCTAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£104.10M£1.31B£6.49B£3.22BDividend Yield15.16%4.39%4.17%5.04%P/E Ratio121.6422.7214.41164.70Price / Sales25.882,489.741,803.56310,111.42Price / Cash3.9860.62127.2427.93Price / Book0.781.425.135.91Net Income£855.81K£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B7 Day Performance0.66%0.57%0.88%49.51%1 Month Performance-7.89%0.96%2.15%56.91%1 Year Performance-14.95%6.88%24.63%140.38% Octopus AIM VCT Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)OOAOctopus AIM VCTN/AGBX 45.50-2.4%N/A-15.0%£104.10M£4.02M121.64N/ANews CoverageGap DownHigh Trading VolumePCGHPolar Capital Glb HealthcareN/AGBX 333+1.8%N/A-12.2%£401.68M£84.70M5.15N/ADividend IncreaseHEFTHenderson European Focus TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£400.01M£79.72M537.14N/AHigh Trading VolumeBRFIBlackRock FrontiersN/AGBX 168-0.7%N/A+17.1%£398.84M£96.46M6.81N/ADividend IncreaseDIGDunedin Income Growth Investment TrustN/AGBX 295+0.3%N/A+4.5%£395.89M£40.96M10.87N/ADividend AnnouncementBHIUBMO UK High Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£391.68M£3.93M16,900.00N/AGap UpFASFidelity Asian ValuesN/AGBX 560+0.4%N/A+17.5%£389.87M£22.46M34.20N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsORITOctopus Renewables Infrastructure TrustN/AGBX 69.60flatN/A-6.1%£386.49M£28.91M21.30N/ANews CoverageCHIUCT UK High Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£383.24M£12.28M3,677.78N/AANIIabrdn New India Investment TrustN/AGBX 778flatN/A+0.4%£377.58M£149.92M3.23N/APositive NewsJAIJP Morgan Asian Investment TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£377.27M£25.05M17.51N/A Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PCGH Alternatives HEFT Alternatives BRFI Alternatives DIG Alternatives BHIU Alternatives FAS Alternatives ORIT Alternatives CHIU Alternatives ANII Alternatives JAI Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:OOA) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersGENIUS Act: Cancel Your Money?A new law called the GENIUS Act could quietly trigger the most radical shift in American finance in decades. 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