UAV vs. HSL, PCFT, EWI, P2P, SEIT, SCAM, BUT, SCIN, CHRY, and MERI
Should you be buying Unicorn AIM VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unicorn AIM VCT include Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI), P2P Global Investments (P2P), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT), Scottish American Investment (SCAM), Brunner (BUT), The Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN), Chrysalis Investments (CHRY), and Chrysalis Investments (MERI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Unicorn AIM VCT vs. Its Competitors
Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) and Unicorn AIM VCT (LON:UAV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Henderson Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unicorn AIM VCT has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Unicorn AIM VCT had 1 more articles in the media than Henderson Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Unicorn AIM VCT and 0 mentions for Henderson Smaller Companies. Henderson Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Unicorn AIM VCT'saverage media sentiment score.
Henderson Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Unicorn AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Henderson Smaller Companies pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unicorn AIM VCT pays out -11,666.7% 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. Unicorn AIM VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Henderson Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Unicorn AIM VCT. Unicorn AIM VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henderson Smaller Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Henderson Smaller Companies has a net margin of 93.00% compared to Unicorn AIM VCT's net margin of 0.00%. Henderson Smaller Companies' return on equity of 13.76% beat Unicorn AIM VCT's return on equity.
31.1% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Unicorn AIM VCT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Henderson Smaller Companies beats Unicorn AIM VCT on 11 of the 14 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:UAV) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
