TV1 vs. DIVI, NCYF, IIG, HHI, MNL, IBT, BRFI, RECI, BGHS, and JUSC
Should you be buying Thames Ventures VCT 1 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thames Ventures VCT 1 include Diverse Income Trust (DIVI), CQS New City High Yield (NCYF), Intuitive Investments Group (IIG), Henderson High Income Trust (HHI), Manchester & London (MNL), International Biotechnology (IBT), BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI), Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI), Boussard & Gavaudan GBP (BGHS), and JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Diverse Income Trust (LON:DIVI) and Thames Ventures VCT 1 (LON:TV1) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Diverse Income Trust received 123 more outperform votes than Thames Ventures VCT 1 when rated by MarketBeat users.
Diverse Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Thames Ventures VCT 1. Thames Ventures VCT 1 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diverse Income Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diverse Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Thames Ventures VCT 1 pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Diverse Income Trust pays out -2,222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Thames Ventures VCT 1 pays out -2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Thames Ventures VCT 1 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Thames Ventures VCT 1's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Diverse Income Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Thames Ventures VCT 1's return on equity of 0.00% beat Diverse Income Trust's return on equity.
53.9% of Diverse Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Diverse Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Thames Ventures VCT 1 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Diverse Income Trust beats Thames Ventures VCT 1 on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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