OSEC vs. HANA, RECI, JAGI, HAN, BGUK, CGL, BRK, BGLF, IIG, and JMC
Should you be buying Octopus AIM VCT 2 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Octopus AIM VCT 2 include Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' (HANA), Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI), JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (JAGI), Hansa Investment (HAN), Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK), Castelnau Group (CGL), Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK), Blackstone Loan Financing (BGLF), Intuitive Investments Group (IIG), and JP Morgan Chinese Investment Trust (JMC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Octopus AIM VCT 2 vs. Its Competitors
Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' (LON:HANA) and Octopus AIM VCT 2 (LON:OSEC) 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 media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.
4.6% of Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Octopus AIM VCT 2 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' has a net margin of 95.67% compared to Octopus AIM VCT 2's net margin of -17.95%. Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A''s return on equity of 19.42% beat Octopus AIM VCT 2's return on equity.
Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Octopus AIM VCT 2 has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' received 41 more outperform votes than Octopus AIM VCT 2 when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave Octopus AIM VCT 2 an outperform vote while only 64.04% of users gave Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' an outperform vote.
Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Octopus AIM VCT 2 pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' pays out 4.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Octopus AIM VCT 2 pays out -607.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Octopus AIM VCT 2 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus AIM VCT 2. Octopus AIM VCT 2 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A', indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' had 1 more articles in the media than Octopus AIM VCT 2. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' and 0 mentions for Octopus AIM VCT 2. Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A''s average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Octopus AIM VCT 2's score of 0.00 indicating that Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' beats Octopus AIM VCT 2 on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:OSEC) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
