Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, INPP or OTV2?

International Public Partnerships has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus Titan VCT. Octopus Titan VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Public Partnerships, 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
International Public Partnerships	£82.63M	25.51	£43.53M	£2.32	48.49
Octopus Titan VCT	-£147.88M	-3.93	-£173.99M	-£11.30	-3.23

Which has more risk and volatility, INPP or OTV2?

International Public Partnerships has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in INPP or OTV2?

37.5% of International Public Partnerships shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of International Public Partnerships 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is INPP or OTV2 more profitable?

Octopus Titan VCT has a net margin of 117.66% compared to International Public Partnerships' net margin of 52.68%. International Public Partnerships' return on equity of 1.54% beat Octopus Titan VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
International Public Partnerships	52.68%	1.54%	0.63%
Octopus Titan VCT	117.66%	-18.89%	-14.38%

Is INPP or OTV2 a better dividend stock?

International Public Partnerships pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Octopus Titan VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. International Public Partnerships pays out 345.1% 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.

Does the media prefer INPP or OTV2?

In the previous week, International Public Partnerships had 3 more articles in the media than Octopus Titan VCT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for International Public Partnerships and 0 mentions for Octopus Titan VCT. International Public Partnerships' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Octopus Titan VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that International Public Partnerships is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
International Public Partnerships	Positive
Octopus Titan VCT	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor INPP or OTV2?

International Public Partnerships received 34 more outperform votes than Octopus Titan VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.44% of users gave Octopus Titan VCT an outperform vote while only 64.29% of users gave International Public Partnerships an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
International Public Partnerships	Outperform Votes 63 64.29%	Underperform Votes 35 35.71%
Octopus Titan VCT	Outperform Votes 29 67.44%	Underperform Votes 14 32.56%

Summary

International Public Partnerships beats Octopus Titan VCT on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.