Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2) Competitors

HICL Infrastructure (LON:HICL) and Octopus Titan VCT (LON:OTV2) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HICL or OTV2?

HICL Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus Titan VCT. Octopus Titan VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HICL Infrastructure, 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
HICL Infrastructure	£105.30M	23.00	£101.36M	£5.10	23.85
Octopus Titan VCT	-£147.88M	-3.93	-£173.99M	-£11.30	-3.23

Is HICL or OTV2 a better dividend stock?

HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Octopus Titan VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. HICL Infrastructure pays out 156.9% 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 Titan VCT pays out -35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Octopus Titan VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HICL or OTV2?

54.7% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HICL or OTV2 more profitable?

Octopus Titan VCT has a net margin of 117.66% compared to HICL Infrastructure's net margin of 96.27%. HICL Infrastructure's return on equity of 3.24% beat Octopus Titan VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HICL Infrastructure	96.27%	3.24%	0.58%
Octopus Titan VCT	117.66%	-18.89%	-14.38%

Does the media favor HICL or OTV2?

In the previous week, HICL Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than Octopus Titan VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for HICL Infrastructure and 0 mentions for Octopus Titan VCT. HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Octopus Titan VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that HICL Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HICL Infrastructure	Positive
Octopus Titan VCT	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HICL or OTV2?

HICL Infrastructure received 137 more outperform votes than Octopus Titan VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.81% of users gave HICL Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 67.44% of users gave Octopus Titan VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HICL Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 166 72.81%	Underperform Votes 62 27.19%
Octopus Titan VCT	Outperform Votes 29 67.44%	Underperform Votes 14 32.56%

Which has more risk and volatility, HICL or OTV2?

HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Octopus Titan VCT has a beta of -0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HICL Infrastructure beats Octopus Titan VCT on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.