ProVen Growth & Income VCT (PGOO) Competitors

ProVen Growth & Income VCT (LON:PGOO) and Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, PGOO or HSL?

ProVen Growth & Income VCT has a beta of -0.03, meaning that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PGOO or HSL?

Henderson Smaller Companies received 3 more outperform votes than ProVen Growth & Income VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.64% of users gave Henderson Smaller Companies an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave ProVen Growth & Income VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ProVen Growth & Income VCT	Outperform Votes 78 65.00%	Underperform Votes 42 35.00%
Henderson Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 81 68.64%	Underperform Votes 37 31.36%

Is PGOO or HSL a better dividend stock?

ProVen Growth & Income VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Henderson Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. ProVen Growth & Income VCT pays out 109.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Henderson Smaller Companies pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is PGOO or HSL more profitable?

Henderson Smaller Companies has a net margin of 93.00% compared to ProVen Growth & Income VCT's net margin of 67.21%. Henderson Smaller Companies' return on equity of 13.76% beat ProVen Growth & Income VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ProVen Growth & Income VCT	67.21%	5.12%	4.08%
Henderson Smaller Companies	93.00%	13.76%	7.47%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PGOO or HSL?

31.1% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of ProVen Growth & Income VCT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to PGOO or HSL?

In the previous week, Henderson Smaller Companies had 1 more articles in the media than ProVen Growth & Income VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Henderson Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for ProVen Growth & Income VCT. Henderson Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat ProVen Growth & Income VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Henderson Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ProVen Growth & Income VCT	Neutral
Henderson Smaller Companies	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, PGOO or HSL?

Henderson Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than ProVen Growth & Income VCT. Henderson Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ProVen Growth & Income VCT, 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
ProVen Growth & Income VCT	£12.93M	12.09	£8.69M	£2.74	17.98
Henderson Smaller Companies	£98.67M	6.16	£91.77M	£124.85	6.63

Summary

Henderson Smaller Companies beats ProVen Growth & Income VCT on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.