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GBX 55 -0.80 (-1.43%)
As of 10/17/2025 12:09 PM Eastern

REC vs. OTV2, JEMI, NAIT, PAC, JUGI, GRID, HEFT, BIPS, BHIU, and CHIU

Should you be buying Record stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Record include Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2), JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts (JEMI), North American Income Trust (NAIT), Pacific Assets (PAC), JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income (JUGI), Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID), Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT), Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHIU), and CT UK High Income Trust (CHIU). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Record vs. Its Competitors

Record (LON:REC) and Octopus Titan VCT (LON:OTV2) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Record has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Octopus Titan VCT has a beta of -0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Record had 54 more articles in the media than Octopus Titan VCT. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Record and 0 mentions for Octopus Titan VCT. Record's average media sentiment score of -0.09 beat Octopus Titan VCT's score of -1.10 indicating that Record is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Record Neutral
Octopus Titan VCT Negative

Record has a net margin of 430.56% compared to Octopus Titan VCT's net margin of 117.66%. Record's return on equity of 680.45% beat Octopus Titan VCT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Record430.56% 680.45% 25.14%
Octopus Titan VCT 117.66%-18.89%-14.38%

Record pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Octopus Titan VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Record pays out 93.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Octopus Titan VCT pays out -0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

5.7% of Record shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are held by institutional investors. 47.4% of Record shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Record has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus Titan VCT. Octopus Titan VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Record, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Record£41.62M2.55£199.77M£0.051,113.36
Octopus Titan VCT-£64.04M-6.69-£173.99M-£4.10-6.34

Summary

Record beats Octopus Titan VCT on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding REC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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REC vs. The Competition

MetricRecordAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£106.24M£1.46B£4.83B£2.57B
Dividend Yield8.33%4.60%4.32%5.32%
P/E Ratio1,113.363,006.771,300.864,280.30
Price / Sales2.551,966.321,438.9899,406.89
Price / Cash9.3560.46127.7827.90
Price / Book3.651.363.538.11
Net Income£199.77M£264.59M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-5.17%-0.27%-0.32%-0.62%
1 Month Performance-8.33%-0.30%0.64%0.88%
1 Year Performance-14.06%7.23%40.34%126.01%

Record Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
REC
Record
N/AGBX 55
-1.4%
N/A-12.7%£106.24M£41.62M1,113.3697Trending News
OTV2
Octopus Titan VCT
N/AGBX 26
+6.1%
N/AN/A£428.41M-£64.04M-634.1530Negative News
Gap Up
JEMI
JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts
N/AGBX 159.79
+0.8%
N/A+18.3%£425.33M£62.86M784.03N/A
NAIT
North American Income Trust
N/AGBX 359.50
+0.6%
N/A+7.9%£416.52M£41.93M1,192.37N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
PAC
Pacific Assets
N/AGBX 357
flat
N/A-4.0%£416.09M-£25.02M-1,691.941,740High Trading Volume
JUGI
JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income
N/AGBX 323.50
+0.3%
N/A-3.9%£412.98M£44.86M724.52N/ANews Coverage
Earnings Report
GRID
Gresham House Energy Storage
2.7724 of 5 stars
GBX 72.10
+0.1%
GBX 7,500
+10,302.2%
+42.4%£410.30M-£5.79M-5,113.48N/ANews Coverage
HEFT
Henderson European Focus Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£400.01M£79.72M537.14N/AHigh Trading Volume
BIPS
Invesco Bond Income Plus
N/AGBX 175.50
+0.3%
N/A+0.3%£394.75M£28.17M1,325.53N/ADividend Announcement
BHIU
BMO UK High Income Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£391.68M£3.93M16,900.00N/AGap Up
CHIU
CT UK High Income Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£383.24M£12.28M3,677.78N/A

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This page (LON:REC) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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