Octopus AIM VCT 2 (OSEC) 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HANA or OSEC?

4.6% of Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Octopus AIM VCT 2 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HANA or OSEC a better dividend stock?

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 11.4%. 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.

Does the media prefer HANA or OSEC?

In the previous week, Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A''s average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Octopus AIM VCT 2'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A'	Neutral
Octopus AIM VCT 2	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HANA or OSEC?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A'	Outperform Votes 73 64.04%	Underperform Votes 41 35.96%
Octopus AIM VCT 2	Outperform Votes 32 72.73%	Underperform Votes 12 27.27%

Which has more volatility & risk, HANA or OSEC?

Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Octopus AIM VCT 2 has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, HANA or OSEC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A'	£89.28M	3.22	£85.41M	£69.61	3.36
Octopus AIM VCT 2	£7.45M	9.57	-£1.34M	-£0.66	-53.32

Is HANA or OSEC more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A'	95.67%	19.42%	13.97%
Octopus AIM VCT 2	-17.95%	-1.44%	-10.46%

Summary

Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' beats Octopus AIM VCT 2 on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.