ProVen Growth & Income VCT (PGOO) Competitors

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

Is BUT or PGOO a better dividend stock?

Brunner pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. ProVen Growth & Income VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Brunner pays out 9.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Does the media refer more to BUT or PGOO?

In the previous week, ProVen Growth & Income VCT had 1 more articles in the media than Brunner. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ProVen Growth & Income VCT and 1 mentions for Brunner. ProVen Growth & Income VCT's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Brunner's score of 0.75 indicating that ProVen Growth & Income VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brunner	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ProVen Growth & Income VCT	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, BUT or PGOO?

Brunner has higher revenue and earnings than ProVen Growth & Income VCT. Brunner 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
Brunner	£111.40M	5.51	£105.32M	£241.42	5.86
ProVen Growth & Income VCT	£12.93M	12.13	£8.69M	£2.74	18.06

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BUT or PGOO?

Brunner received 38 more outperform votes than ProVen Growth & Income VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.29% of users gave Brunner an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave ProVen Growth & Income VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brunner	Outperform Votes 116 66.29%	Underperform Votes 59 33.71%
ProVen Growth & Income VCT	Outperform Votes 78 65.00%	Underperform Votes 42 35.00%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BUT or PGOO?

17.4% of Brunner shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.0% of Brunner shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of ProVen Growth & Income VCT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, BUT or PGOO?

Brunner has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProVen Growth & Income VCT has a beta of -0.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BUT or PGOO more profitable?

Brunner has a net margin of 94.54% compared to ProVen Growth & Income VCT's net margin of 67.21%. Brunner's return on equity of 18.49% beat ProVen Growth & Income VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brunner	94.54%	18.49%	11.63%
ProVen Growth & Income VCT	67.21%	5.12%	4.08%

Summary

Brunner beats ProVen Growth & Income VCT on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.