PVN vs. PCFT, HSL, JUP, SEIT, P2P, BUT, SCAM, CHRY, BRGE, and SYNC
Should you be buying ProVen VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProVen VCT include Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT), P2P Global Investments (P2P), Brunner (BUT), Scottish American Investment (SCAM), Chrysalis Investments (CHRY), BlackRock Greater Europe (BRGE), and Syncona (SYNC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
ProVen VCT vs. Its Competitors
Polar Capital Global Financials (LON:PCFT) and ProVen VCT (LON:PVN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Polar Capital Global Financials had 1 more articles in the media than ProVen VCT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Polar Capital Global Financials and 2 mentions for ProVen VCT. Polar Capital Global Financials' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat ProVen VCT's score of 0.67 indicating that Polar Capital Global Financials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
78.0% of Polar Capital Global Financials shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Polar Capital Global Financials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of ProVen VCT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Polar Capital Global Financials has a net margin of 91.44% compared to ProVen VCT's net margin of 67.04%. Polar Capital Global Financials' return on equity of 22.02% beat ProVen VCT's return on equity.
Polar Capital Global Financials has higher revenue and earnings than ProVen VCT. Polar Capital Global Financials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ProVen VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Polar Capital Global Financials pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. ProVen VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Polar Capital Global Financials pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ProVen VCT pays out 86.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Polar Capital Global Financials has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProVen VCT has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Polar Capital Global Financials beats ProVen VCT on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:PVN) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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