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VPC Specialty Lending Investments (VSL) Competitors

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VSL vs. BGHS, NCYF, HHI, MTE, EAT, BBH, STS, SJG, ASLI, and RECI

Should you be buying VPC Specialty Lending Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VPC Specialty Lending Investments include Boussard & Gavaudan GBP (BGHS), CQS New City High Yield (NCYF), Henderson High Income Trust (HHI), Montanaro European Smaller (MTE), European Assets Trust (EAT), Bellevue Healthcare (BBH), STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS), Schroder Japan Trust (SJG), abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI), and Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

VPC Specialty Lending Investments vs.

VPC Specialty Lending Investments (LON:VSL) and Boussard & Gavaudan GBP (LON:BGHS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

VPC Specialty Lending Investments has a net margin of 126.83% compared to Boussard & Gavaudan GBP's net margin of 0.00%. Boussard & Gavaudan GBP's return on equity of -5.37% beat VPC Specialty Lending Investments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
VPC Specialty Lending Investments126.83% -15.02% -3.93%
Boussard & Gavaudan GBP N/A -5.37%-3.34%

In the previous week, VPC Specialty Lending Investments had 2 more articles in the media than Boussard & Gavaudan GBP. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for VPC Specialty Lending Investments and 0 mentions for Boussard & Gavaudan GBP. VPC Specialty Lending Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Boussard & Gavaudan GBP's score of 0.00 indicating that VPC Specialty Lending Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
VPC Specialty Lending Investments Positive
Boussard & Gavaudan GBP Neutral

VPC Specialty Lending Investments received 86 more outperform votes than Boussard & Gavaudan GBP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.33% of users gave VPC Specialty Lending Investments an outperform vote while only 56.82% of users gave Boussard & Gavaudan GBP an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VPC Specialty Lending InvestmentsOutperform Votes
111
61.33%
Underperform Votes
70
38.67%
Boussard & Gavaudan GBPOutperform Votes
25
56.82%
Underperform Votes
19
43.18%

Boussard & Gavaudan GBP has higher revenue and earnings than VPC Specialty Lending Investments. VPC Specialty Lending Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boussard & Gavaudan GBP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
VPC Specialty Lending Investments-£24.66M-3.14-£31.27M-£11.24-2.47
Boussard & Gavaudan GBP-£12.39M0.00-£18.37M-£1.28N/A

33.6% of VPC Specialty Lending Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of VPC Specialty Lending Investments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Boussard & Gavaudan GBP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

VPC Specialty Lending Investments has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boussard & Gavaudan GBP has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

VPC Specialty Lending Investments beats Boussard & Gavaudan GBP on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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VSL vs. The Competition

MetricVPC Specialty Lending InvestmentsAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£77.36M£1.15B£3.85B£2.57B
Dividend Yield30.52%4.46%4.21%4.84%
P/E Ratio-2.4721.7813.04133.67
Price / Sales-3.142,268.791,678.28244,979.30
Price / Cash1.6961.4750.4928.16
Price / Book0.401.143.414.56
Net Income-£31.27M£263.56M£1.25B£5.85B
7 Day Performance2.58%1.42%1.22%2.98%
1 Month Performance1.46%10.86%13.33%9.28%
1 Year Performance-43.03%2.61%12.99%115.29%

VPC Specialty Lending Investments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VSL
VPC Specialty Lending Investments
N/AGBX 27.80
+1.5%
N/A-43.4%£77.36M£-24,659,178.55-2.47N/AEarnings Report
BGHS
Boussard & Gavaudan GBP
N/AN/AN/AN/A£300.90M£-12,390,000.00-1,890.63N/AGap Up
NCYF
CQS New City High Yield
N/AGBX 51.17
+0.7%
N/A-3.4%£300.72M£53.40M6.42N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
HHI
Henderson High Income Trust
N/AGBX 170.23
+1.6%
N/A+8.2%£294.16M£39.56M8.64N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
MTE
Montanaro European Smaller
N/AGBX 152
+1.3%
N/A+13.9%£289.12M£57.06M5.52N/APositive News
EAT
European Assets Trust
N/AGBX 79.60
+1.0%
N/A-2.3%£286.27M£35.04M10.24N/ANews Coverage
BBH
Bellevue Healthcare
N/AGBX 116.15
+0.5%
N/A-14.0%£286.27M£-9,595,061.74-17.67N/A
STS
STS Global Income & Growth Trust
N/AGBX 232
-0.4%
N/A+12.4%£284.16M£20.58M15.486Positive News
Gap Down
SJG
Schroder Japan Trust
N/AGBX 239
+0.8%
N/A-4.0%£280.12M£60.80M4.69N/ADividend Cut
Positive News
ASLI
abrdn European Logistics Income
N/AGBX 56.30
-0.7%
N/A-3.5%£278.86M£47.93M-4.19N/ANews Coverage
RECI
Real Estate Credit Investments
N/AGBX 125
+2.5%
N/A+5.2%£278.52M£28.71M1.20N/APositive News
Gap Up

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This page (LON:VSL) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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