ProVen VCT (PVN) Competitors

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (LON:VOF) and ProVen VCT (LON:PVN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is VOF or PVN more profitable?

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund has a net margin of 72.35% compared to ProVen VCT's net margin of 67.04%. VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund's return on equity of 6.52% beat ProVen VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund	72.35%	6.52%	9.43%
ProVen VCT	67.04%	5.22%	3.12%

Is VOF or PVN a better dividend stock?

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. ProVen VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund pays out 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ProVen VCT pays out 361.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, VOF or PVN?

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund has higher revenue and earnings than ProVen VCT. VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ProVen 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
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund	£88.65M	7.42	£83.63M	£0.55	901.83
ProVen VCT	£3.41M	48.33	£9.46M	£0.01	6,500.00

Does the media favor VOF or PVN?

In the previous week, VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund and VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund both had 1 articles in the media. ProVen VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that ProVen VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ProVen VCT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, VOF or PVN?

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of VOF or PVN?

21.6% of VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund beats ProVen VCT on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.