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Unicorn AIM VCT (UAV) Competitors

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GBX 81.50 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/3/2025

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

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

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 VCTN/A -4.89% -3.03%
Henderson Smaller Companies 93.00%13.76%7.47%

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. Unicorn AIM VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Henderson Smaller Companies'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Unicorn AIM VCT Neutral
Henderson Smaller Companies Neutral

Unicorn AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Henderson Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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.

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, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Unicorn AIM VCT-£5.67M-27.69-£10.59M-£0.06-1,358.33
Henderson Smaller Companies£98.67M6.38£91.77M£124.856.86

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

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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UAV vs. The Competition

MetricUnicorn AIM VCTAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£157.00M£1.25B£6.19B£2.96B
Dividend Yield7.03%4.35%4.17%5.02%
P/E Ratio-1,358.3321.8113.27147.88
Price / Sales-27.692,406.261,777.10258,917.23
Price / Cash7.1560.8149.7227.97
Price / Book0.661.211.914.61
Net Income-£10.59M£264.68M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.37%0.57%1.04%
1 Month PerformanceN/A2.46%3.00%4.36%
1 Year PerformanceN/A6.26%15.69%82.36%

Unicorn AIM VCT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UAV
Unicorn AIM VCT
N/AGBX 81.50
flat
N/AN/A£157.00M-£5.67M-1,358.33N/ADividend Increase
HSL
Henderson Smaller Companies
N/AGBX 855
+0.5%
N/A-3.9%£627.81M£98.67M6.85N/A
PCFT
Polar Capital Global Financials
N/AGBX 205.81
-1.1%
N/A+23.8%£627.52M£125.99M5.48N/ANews Coverage
EWI
Edinburgh Worldwide
N/AGBX 167.41
-0.6%
N/A+19.5%£620.62M£77.34M8.84N/APositive News
P2P
P2P Global Investments
N/AN/AN/AN/A£617.42M£119.18M20.91N/A
SEIT
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust
N/AGBX 55.87
-0.2%
N/A-14.2%£611.43M-£45.07M-10.80N/A
SCAM
Scottish American Investment
N/AN/AN/AN/A£603.25M£74.89M9.08N/A
BUT
Brunner
N/AGBX 1,384
-0.6%
N/A+5.5%£601.16M£111.40M5.73N/APositive News
SCIN
The Scottish Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£592.25M£51.43M1,570.1815
CHRY
Chrysalis Investments
N/AGBX 106.04
+0.6%
N/A+33.6%£590.74M-£20.59M6.10N/A
MERI
Chrysalis Investments
N/AN/AN/AN/A£585.93MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume

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This page (LON:UAV) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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