VPC Specialty Lending Investments (VSL) Competitors GBX 14 -0.50 (-3.45%) As of 06/13/2025 11:52 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesBuy This Stock VSL vs. IVI, TIGT, SEC, JUS, ASIT, BSC, MMIT, JARA, GVP, and PVNShould you be buying VPC Specialty Lending Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VPC Specialty Lending Investments include Invesco Income Growth Trust (IVI), Troy Income & Growth (TIGT), Strategic Equity Capital (SEC), Jupiter US Smaller Companies (JUS), Aberforth Split Level Income Trust (ASIT), British Smaller Companies VCT2 (BSC), Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT), JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (JARA), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), and ProVen VCT (PVN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. VPC Specialty Lending Investments vs. Its Competitors Invesco Income Growth Trust Troy Income & Growth Strategic Equity Capital Jupiter US Smaller Companies Aberforth Split Level Income Trust British Smaller Companies VCT2 Mobius Investment Trust JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust ProVen VCT Invesco Income Growth Trust (LON:IVI) and VPC Specialty Lending Investments (LON:VSL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations. Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IVI or VSL? 33.6% of VPC Specialty Lending Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of VPC Specialty Lending Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is IVI or VSL a better dividend stock? Invesco Income Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share. VPC Specialty Lending Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 57.1%. Invesco Income Growth Trust pays out -0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VPC Specialty Lending Investments pays out -71.2% 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. VPC Specialty Lending Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Does the MarketBeat Community favor IVI or VSL? Invesco Income Growth Trust received 1 more outperform votes than VPC Specialty Lending Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.27% of users gave Invesco Income Growth Trust an outperform vote while only 61.33% of users gave VPC Specialty Lending Investments an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformInvesco Income Growth TrustOutperform Votes11266.27% Underperform Votes5733.73% VPC Specialty Lending InvestmentsOutperform Votes11161.33% Underperform Votes7038.67% Is IVI or VSL more profitable? VPC Specialty Lending Investments has a net margin of 126.83% compared to Invesco Income Growth Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Invesco Income Growth Trust's return on equity of 0.00% beat VPC Specialty Lending Investments' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Invesco Income Growth TrustN/A N/A N/A VPC Specialty Lending Investments 126.83%-15.02%-3.93% Does the media prefer IVI or VSL? In the previous week, Invesco Income Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled VPC Specialty Lending Investments'average media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Invesco Income Growth Trust Neutral VPC Specialty Lending Investments Neutral Which has better valuation and earnings, IVI or VSL? Invesco Income Growth Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VPC Specialty Lending Investments. VPC Specialty Lending Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invesco Income Growth Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioInvesco Income Growth Trust-£28.62M0.00N/A-£51.30N/AVPC Specialty Lending Investments-£24.66M-1.58-£31.27M-£11.24-1.25 SummaryVPC Specialty Lending Investments beats Invesco Income Growth Trust on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks. Get VPC Specialty Lending Investments News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for VSL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Media Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart VSL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricVPC Specialty Lending InvestmentsAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£38.96M£1.20B£5.64B£2.91BDividend Yield30.52%4.34%4.13%4.90%P/E Ratio-1.2521.4612.64124.60Price / Sales-1.582,411.591,720.85248,064.88Price / Cash1.6960.8149.9228.07Price / Book0.201.163.154.64Net Income-£31.27M£264.77M£1.23B£5.91B7 Day Performance-6.67%11.90%5.90%6.61%1 Month Performance-53.78%13.98%7.72%13.53%1 Year Performance-67.59%5.33%14.88%78.98% VPC Specialty Lending Investments Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)VSLVPC Specialty Lending InvestmentsN/AGBX 14-3.4%N/A-67.6%£38.96M-£24.66M-1.25N/AHigh Trading VolumeIVIInvesco Income Growth TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£162.22M-£28.62M-5.42N/ATIGTTroy Income & GrowthN/AN/AN/AN/A£162.08M-£7.86M-2,320.00N/AGap DownSECStrategic Equity CapitalN/AGBX 349+2.0%N/A-4.3%£161.07M£28.94M6.29N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsJUSJupiter US Smaller CompaniesN/AN/AN/AN/A£159.73M-£3.32M-31.64N/AGap DownHigh Trading VolumeASITAberforth Split Level Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£158.86M£821K927.78N/AGap UpBSCBritish Smaller Companies VCT2N/AGBX 53+1.9%N/AN/A£158.56M£10.71M23.35N/AMMITMobius Investment TrustN/AGBX 135+0.7%N/A+2.2%£156.38M£21.43M9.04N/AJARAJPMorgan Global Core Real AssetsN/AGBX 76flatN/A+2.0%£155.66M-£2.67M-34.35N/AGVPGabelli Value Plus+ TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£155.29MN/A0.00310Gap DownPVNProVen VCTN/AGBX 57-4.2%N/AN/A£155.07M£14.11M16.39N/AEarnings Report Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Invesco Income Growth Trust Alternatives Troy Income & Growth Alternatives Strategic Equity Capital Alternatives Jupiter US Smaller Companies Alternatives Aberforth Split Level Income Trust Alternatives British Smaller Companies VCT2 Alternatives Mobius Investment Trust Alternatives JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets Alternatives Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust Alternatives ProVen VCT Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:VSL) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAn AI run of epic proportions is only getting startedI just put together an urgent new presentation that you need to see right away. 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