OOA vs. MTW, EOT, JEMI, PCGH, PAC, FSFL, TAM, JUGI, NAIT, and HEFT
Should you be buying Octopus AIM VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Octopus AIM VCT include Mattioli Woods (MTW), European Opportunities Trust (EOT), JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts (JEMI), Polar Capital Glb Healthcare (PCGH), Pacific Assets (PAC), Foresight Solar (FSFL), Tatton Asset Management (TAM), JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income (JUGI), North American Income Trust (NAIT), and Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Octopus AIM VCT vs. Its Competitors
Mattioli Woods (LON:MTW) and Octopus AIM VCT (LON:OOA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
Mattioli Woods has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus AIM VCT. Octopus AIM VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mattioli Woods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Octopus AIM VCT had 2 more articles in the media than Mattioli Woods. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Octopus AIM VCT and 1 mentions for Mattioli Woods. Mattioli Woods' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Octopus AIM VCT's score of 0.61 indicating that Mattioli Woods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mattioli Woods has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Octopus AIM VCT has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Octopus AIM VCT has a net margin of 21.28% compared to Mattioli Woods' net margin of 8.59%. Mattioli Woods' return on equity of 4.38% beat Octopus AIM VCT's return on equity.
Mattioli Woods pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share. Octopus AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Mattioli Woods pays out 14,210.5% 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 pays out -172.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Octopus AIM VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
55.3% of Mattioli Woods shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of Mattioli Woods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Octopus AIM VCT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Mattioli Woods beats Octopus AIM VCT on 10 of the 14 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 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
