Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2) Competitors

Octopus Titan VCT (LON:OTV2) and Fidelity China Special (LON:FCSS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Is OTV2 or FCSS a better dividend stock?

Octopus Titan VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Fidelity China Special pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Octopus Titan VCT pays out -34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity China Special pays out 9.7% 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 Titan VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is OTV2 or FCSS more profitable?

Octopus Titan VCT has a net margin of 117.66% compared to Fidelity China Special's net margin of -561.50%. Fidelity China Special's return on equity of 83.04% beat Octopus Titan VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Octopus Titan VCT	117.66%	-18.89%	-14.38%
Fidelity China Special	-561.50%	83.04%	N/A

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OTV2 or FCSS?

Fidelity China Special has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus Titan VCT. Octopus Titan VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity China Special, 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
Octopus Titan VCT	-£143.69M	-2.98	-£173.99M	-£0.09	-288.89
Fidelity China Special	£339.93M	4.64	£997.06M	£0.66	489.91

Does the media refer more to OTV2 or FCSS?

In the previous week, Octopus Titan VCT had 1 more articles in the media than Fidelity China Special. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Octopus Titan VCT and 1 mentions for Fidelity China Special. Fidelity China Special's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Octopus Titan VCT's score of -0.52 indicating that Fidelity China Special is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Octopus Titan VCT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Fidelity China Special	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of OTV2 or FCSS?

0.1% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Fidelity China Special 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.

Summary

Fidelity China Special beats Octopus Titan VCT on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.