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VPC Specialty Lending Investments (VSL) Competitors

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VSL vs. OIG, CLIG, MGCI, AEI, ASEI, BSC, ACIC, DORE, JSGI, and BBH

Should you be buying VPC Specialty Lending Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VPC Specialty Lending Investments include Oryx International Growth Fund (OIG), City of London Investment Group (CLIG), M&G Credit Income Investment (MGCI), abrdn Equity Income Trust (AEI), Aberdeen Standard Equity Inc Trust (ASEI), British Smaller Companies VCT2 (BSC), abrdn China Investment (ACIC), Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (DORE), JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income (JSGI), and Bellevue Healthcare (BBH). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

VPC Specialty Lending Investments vs. Its Competitors

Oryx International Growth Fund (LON:OIG) and VPC Specialty Lending Investments (LON:VSL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Oryx International Growth Fund has higher revenue and earnings than VPC Specialty Lending Investments. Oryx International Growth Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VPC Specialty Lending Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Oryx International Growth Fund-£4.81M-38.62£26.90M-£0.40-3,313.75
VPC Specialty Lending Investments-£44.85M-1.01-£31.27M-£0.17-97.26

VPC Specialty Lending Investments has a net margin of 126.83% compared to Oryx International Growth Fund's net margin of 86.86%. Oryx International Growth Fund's return on equity of 10.81% beat VPC Specialty Lending Investments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Oryx International Growth Fund86.86% 10.81% 7.16%
VPC Specialty Lending Investments 126.83%-15.02%-3.93%

In the previous week, Oryx International Growth Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled VPC Specialty Lending Investments'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Oryx International Growth Fund Neutral
VPC Specialty Lending Investments Neutral

Oryx International Growth Fund has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VPC Specialty Lending Investments has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

58.7% of Oryx International Growth Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of VPC Specialty Lending Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of Oryx International Growth Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Oryx International Growth Fund beats VPC Specialty Lending Investments on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VSL vs. The Competition

MetricVPC Specialty Lending InvestmentsAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£45.50M£1.44B£6.33B£2.56B
Dividend Yield29.88%4.59%4.31%5.31%
P/E Ratio-97.264,689.071,762.995,361.46
Price / Sales-1.011,971.171,359.5595,775.34
Price / Cash1.6960.62127.5127.93
Price / Book0.241.372.057.02
Net Income-£31.27M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-2.99%-0.05%-0.09%0.67%
1 Month Performance9.36%1.25%2.06%55.93%
1 Year Performance-61.16%7.77%27.34%172.94%

VPC Specialty Lending Investments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VSL
VPC Specialty Lending Investments
N/AGBX 16.35
-1.2%
N/A-63.0%£45.50M-£44.85M-97.26N/A
OIG
Oryx International Growth Fund
N/AGBX 1,328.48
-0.3%
N/A-3.0%£185.99M-£4.81M-3,321.19N/A
CLIG
City of London Investment Group
N/AGBX 378
-0.1%
N/A+2.9%£184.65M£72.64M1,032.79120News Coverage
MGCI
M&G Credit Income Investment
N/AGBX 95.60
-0.1%
N/A+2.1%£178.81M£11.45M1,281.50N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
AEI
abrdn Equity Income Trust
N/AGBX 367
+0.3%
N/A+15.9%£177.69M£20.67M871.3230
ASEI
Aberdeen Standard Equity Inc Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£177.24M£56.72M3.26N/A
BSC
British Smaller Companies VCT2
N/AGBX 53
+1.9%
N/A-1.9%£175.33M£3.36M5,520.83N/ANews Coverage
ACIC
abrdn China Investment
N/AN/AN/AN/A£175.29M-£22.82M-761.11470
DORE
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure
N/AGBX 102.78
+0.8%
N/A+30.8%£174.85M£5.10M3,544.14N/ANews Coverage
JSGI
JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income
N/AN/AN/AN/A£173.59M£10.36M1,894.12N/A
BBH
Bellevue Healthcare
N/AGBX 119.03
+0.0%
N/A-22.5%£172.27M£75.01M740.24N/A

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This page (LON:VSL) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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