VPC Specialty Lending Investments (VSL) Competitors

VPC Specialty Lending Investments (LON:VSL) and British Smaller Companies VCT2 (LON:BSC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Is VSL or BSC a better dividend stock?

VPC Specialty Lending Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 54.6%. British Smaller Companies VCT2 pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. VPC Specialty Lending Investments pays out -71.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. British Smaller Companies VCT2 pays out 176.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VPC Specialty Lending Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer VSL or BSC?

In the previous week, British Smaller Companies VCT2 had 1 more articles in the media than VPC Specialty Lending Investments. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for British Smaller Companies VCT2 and 0 mentions for VPC Specialty Lending Investments. VPC Specialty Lending Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled British Smaller Companies VCT2'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
VPC Specialty Lending Investments	Neutral
British Smaller Companies VCT2	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in VSL or BSC?

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. Comparatively, 0.6% of British Smaller Companies VCT2 shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, VSL or BSC?

VPC Specialty Lending Investments has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British Smaller Companies VCT2 has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VSL or BSC more profitable?

VPC Specialty Lending Investments has a net margin of 126.83% compared to British Smaller Companies VCT2's net margin of 63.40%. British Smaller Companies VCT2's return on equity of 4.00% beat VPC Specialty Lending Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VPC Specialty Lending Investments	126.83%	-15.02%	-3.93%
British Smaller Companies VCT2	63.40%	4.00%	2.73%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, VSL or BSC?

British Smaller Companies VCT2 has higher revenue and earnings than VPC Specialty Lending Investments. VPC Specialty Lending Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than British Smaller Companies VCT2, 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
VPC Specialty Lending Investments	-£24.66M	-1.65	-£31.27M	-£11.24	-1.30
British Smaller Companies VCT2	£10.71M	14.51	£6.79M	£2.27	22.89

Summary

British Smaller Companies VCT2 beats VPC Specialty Lending Investments on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.