Octopus AIM VCT (OOA) Competitors

Octopus AIM VCT (LON:OOA) and NextEnergy Solar Fund (LON:NESF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in OOA or NESF?

69.9% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Octopus AIM VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to OOA or NESF?

In the previous week, NextEnergy Solar Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Octopus AIM VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for NextEnergy Solar Fund and 0 mentions for Octopus AIM VCT. NextEnergy Solar Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Octopus AIM VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that NextEnergy Solar Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Octopus AIM VCT	Neutral
NextEnergy Solar Fund	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, OOA or NESF?

Octopus AIM VCT has higher revenue and earnings than NextEnergy Solar Fund. NextEnergy Solar Fund 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Octopus AIM VCT	£4.02M	25.83	£855.81K	£0.37	121.37
NextEnergy Solar Fund	£3.35M	124.49	-£13.68M	-£2.34	-30.60

Which has more risk and volatility, OOA or NESF?

Octopus AIM VCT has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextEnergy Solar Fund has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OOA or NESF more profitable?

Octopus AIM VCT has a net margin of 21.28% compared to NextEnergy Solar Fund's net margin of -408.61%. Octopus AIM VCT's return on equity of 0.61% beat NextEnergy Solar Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Octopus AIM VCT	21.28%	0.61%	-11.95%
NextEnergy Solar Fund	-408.61%	-2.33%	-2.16%

Is OOA or NESF a better dividend stock?

Octopus AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. 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. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays out -341.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NextEnergy Solar Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OOA or NESF?

NextEnergy Solar Fund received 26 more outperform votes than Octopus AIM VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.57% of users gave Octopus AIM VCT an outperform vote while only 65.69% of users gave NextEnergy Solar Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Octopus AIM VCT	Outperform Votes 64 69.57%	Underperform Votes 28 30.43%
NextEnergy Solar Fund	Outperform Votes 90 65.69%	Underperform Votes 47 34.31%

Summary

NextEnergy Solar Fund beats Octopus AIM VCT on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.