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Oxford Technology VCT 4 (OT4) Competitors

GBX 8.50 +2.00 (+30.77%)
As of 10/3/2025 12:13 PM Eastern

OT4 vs. SLNG, ENGI, KEN, EAS, ELE, CSG, CMS, EDP, NEP, and SBS

Should you be buying Oxford Technology VCT 4 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Technology VCT 4 include H C Slingsby (SLNG), Energiser Investments plc (ENGI.L) (ENGI), Kendrick Resources (KEN), 1586652 (EAS.L) (EAS), 385274 (ELE.L) (ELE), 74663 (CSG.L) (CSG), Communisis (CMS), Electronic Data Processing (EDP), Neptune-Calculus Income and Growth VCT (NEP), and Source BioScience (SBS). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Oxford Technology VCT 4 vs. Its Competitors

H C Slingsby (LON:SLNG) and Oxford Technology VCT 4 (LON:OT4) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Oxford Technology VCT 4 has a net margin of 0.00% compared to H C Slingsby's net margin of -0.67%. H C Slingsby's return on equity of -3.57% beat Oxford Technology VCT 4's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
H C Slingsby-0.67% -3.57% 0.40%
Oxford Technology VCT 4 N/A -21.15%-12.99%

In the previous week, H C Slingsby's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Oxford Technology VCT 4'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
H C Slingsby Neutral
Oxford Technology VCT 4 Neutral

H C Slingsby has higher revenue and earnings than Oxford Technology VCT 4. H C Slingsby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oxford Technology VCT 4, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
H C Slingsby£20.49M0.11-£154.96K-£0.41-485.44
Oxford Technology VCT 4£1.59M0.58-£1.75M£0.1363.43

0.4% of H C Slingsby shares are held by institutional investors. 32.1% of H C Slingsby shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Oxford Technology VCT 4 shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

H C Slingsby has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Technology VCT 4 has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

H C Slingsby beats Oxford Technology VCT 4 on 7 of the 11 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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OT4 vs. The Competition

MetricOxford Technology VCT 4Asset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£921K£1.47B£6.47B£2.60B
Dividend Yield42.19%4.59%4.31%5.29%
P/E Ratio63.433,151.761,360.744,449.23
Price / Sales0.581,968.141,437.1699,977.31
Price / CashN/A60.4748.9727.90
Price / Book0.331.382.148.33
Net Income-£1.75M£264.59M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.77%1.02%0.99%
1 Month PerformanceN/A2.12%7.06%6.24%
1 Year PerformanceN/A8.65%38.99%158.61%

Oxford Technology VCT 4 Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OT4
Oxford Technology VCT 4
N/AGBX 8.50
+30.8%
N/AN/A£921K£1.59M63.432,420
SLNG
H C Slingsby
N/AGBX 200
flat
N/AN/A£2.21M£20.49M-485.44250
ENGI
Energiser Investments plc (ENGI.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65M£2K-6.50N/AGap Down
KEN
Kendrick Resources
N/AGBX 0.33
+2.5%
N/A-41.0%£968KN/A-23.57230Earnings Report
Gap Down
EAS
1586652 (EAS.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/A
ELE
385274 (ELE.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/AGap Up
High Trading Volume
CSG
74663 (CSG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.009,070
CMS
Communisis
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.009,070
EDP
Electronic Data Processing
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/AGap Up
High Trading Volume
NEP
Neptune-Calculus Income and Growth VCT
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.002,021High Trading Volume
SBS
Source BioScience
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.0012,500

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This page (LON:OT4) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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