OTV2 vs. ATST, UKW, STJ, 3IN, ABDN, EMG, RCP, JGGI, HICL, and MNKS
Should you be buying Octopus Titan VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Octopus Titan VCT include Alliance Trust (ATST), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), St. James's Place (STJ), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), abrdn (ABDN), Man Group (EMG), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), and Monks (MNKS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) and Octopus Titan VCT (LON:OTV2) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Alliance Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Octopus Titan VCT. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Alliance Trust and 1 mentions for Octopus Titan VCT. Octopus Titan VCT's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Alliance Trust's score of -0.63 indicating that Alliance Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
6.5% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alliance Trust has a net margin of 92.26% compared to Alliance Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Octopus Titan VCT's return on equity of 19.25% beat Alliance Trust's return on equity.
Alliance Trust received 81 more outperform votes than Octopus Titan VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.33% of users gave Alliance Trust an outperform vote while only 67.44% of users gave Octopus Titan VCT an outperform vote.
Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Octopus Titan VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Alliance Trust pays out 1,244.0% 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 -2,105.3% 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.
Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Octopus Titan VCT has a beta of -0.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alliance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus Titan VCT. Octopus Titan VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliance Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alliance Trust beats Octopus Titan VCT on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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