VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF) Competitors

Monks (LON:MNKS) and VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (LON:VOF) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Is MNKS or VOF more profitable?

Monks has a net margin of 96.67% compared to VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund's net margin of 72.35%. Monks' return on equity of 24.08% beat VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Monks	96.67%	24.08%	9.21%
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund	72.35%	6.52%	9.43%

Which has more volatility and risk, MNKS or VOF?

Monks has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MNKS or VOF a better dividend stock?

Monks pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Monks pays out -25.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund pays out 26.3% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MNKS or VOF?

10.1% of Monks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Monks shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund 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 media favor MNKS or VOF?

In the previous week, Monks had 6 more articles in the media than VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Monks and 2 mentions for VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund. VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Monks' score of 0.05 indicating that VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Monks	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, MNKS or VOF?

Monks has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund. Monks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund, 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
Monks	-£12.00M	-216.63	£589.71M	-£0.08	-18,055.22
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund	£88.65M	7.13	£83.63M	£0.55	872.73

Summary

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund beats Monks on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.