VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in VOF or PHLL?

53.9% of VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Petershill Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Petershill Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VOF or PHLL a better dividend stock?

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Petershill Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petershill Partners pays out 48.7% 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.

Does the media prefer VOF or PHLL?

In the previous week, Petershill Partners had 1 more articles in the media than VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Petershill Partners and 0 mentions for VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund. Petershill Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Petershill Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund	Neutral
Petershill Partners	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, VOF or PHLL?

Petershill Partners has higher revenue and earnings than VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund. Petershill Partners 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
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund	£115.59M	6.55	£83.63M	£37.51	11.38
Petershill Partners	£706.00M	4.36	£420.55M	£24.65	9.19

Do analysts rate VOF or PHLL?

Petershill Partners has a consensus price target of GBX 240, indicating a potential upside of 5.96%. Given Petershill Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Petershill Partners is more favorable than VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Petershill Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is VOF or PHLL more profitable?

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund has a net margin of 72.35% compared to Petershill Partners' net margin of 59.57%. Petershill Partners' return on equity of 7.17% beat VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund	72.35%	6.52%	9.43%
Petershill Partners	59.57%	7.17%	5.95%

Which has more volatility and risk, VOF or PHLL?

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petershill Partners has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Petershill Partners beats VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.