PGOO vs. SOI, SCAM, FEML, PCFT, SCIN, MERI, JEDT, EWI, BSIF, and BUT
Should you be buying ProVen Growth & Income VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProVen Growth & Income VCT include Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), Scottish American Investment (SCAM), Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), The Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN), Chrysalis Investments (MERI), JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT), Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), and Brunner (BUT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
ProVen Growth & Income VCT vs.
ProVen Growth & Income VCT (LON:PGOO) and Schroder Oriental Income (LON:SOI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
ProVen Growth & Income VCT has a beta of -0.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder Oriental Income has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ProVen Growth & Income VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Schroder Oriental Income'saverage media sentiment score.
ProVen Growth & Income VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Schroder Oriental Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. 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. Schroder Oriental Income pays out 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Schroder Oriental Income received 48 more outperform votes than ProVen Growth & Income VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.85% of users gave Schroder Oriental Income an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave ProVen Growth & Income VCT an outperform vote.
Schroder Oriental Income has higher revenue and earnings than ProVen Growth & Income VCT. Schroder Oriental Income 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.
Schroder Oriental Income has a net margin of 88.88% compared to ProVen Growth & Income VCT's net margin of 67.21%. Schroder Oriental Income's return on equity of 16.22% beat ProVen Growth & Income VCT's return on equity.
33.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of ProVen Growth & Income VCT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Schroder Oriental Income beats ProVen Growth & Income VCT on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PGOO) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff