Unicorn AIM VCT (UAV) Competitors

Unicorn AIM VCT (LON:UAV) and Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in UAV or HSL?

31.1% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Unicorn AIM VCT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UAV or HSL?

Henderson Smaller Companies received 11 more outperform votes than Unicorn AIM VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.64% of users gave Henderson Smaller Companies an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave Unicorn AIM VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unicorn AIM VCT	Outperform Votes 70 60.87%	Underperform Votes 45 39.13%
Henderson Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 81 68.64%	Underperform Votes 37 31.36%

Which has more risk & volatility, UAV or HSL?

Unicorn AIM VCT has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UAV or HSL a better dividend stock?

Unicorn AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Henderson Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Unicorn AIM VCT pays out -11,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson Smaller Companies pays out 21.6% 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, UAV or HSL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Unicorn AIM VCT	-£5.67M	-26.50	-£10.59M	-£0.06	-1,300.00
Henderson Smaller Companies	£98.67M	5.84	£91.77M	£124.85	6.29

Does the media favor UAV or HSL?

In the previous week, Henderson Smaller Companies had 1 more articles in the media than Unicorn AIM VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Henderson Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for Unicorn AIM VCT. Henderson Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Unicorn AIM VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Henderson Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Unicorn AIM VCT	Neutral
Henderson Smaller Companies	Positive

Is UAV or HSL more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unicorn AIM VCT	N/A	-4.89%	-3.03%
Henderson Smaller Companies	93.00%	13.76%	7.47%

Summary

Henderson Smaller Companies beats Unicorn AIM VCT on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.