Volta Finance (VTA) Competitors

BlackRock World Mining Trust (LON:BRWM) and Volta Finance (LON:VTA) 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 earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BRWM or VTA?

BlackRock World Mining Trust received 35 more outperform votes than Volta Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.47% of users gave Volta Finance an outperform vote while only 62.76% of users gave BlackRock World Mining Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock World Mining Trust	Outperform Votes 91 62.76%	Underperform Votes 54 37.24%
Volta Finance	Outperform Votes 56 67.47%	Underperform Votes 27 32.53%

Which has more volatility and risk, BRWM or VTA?

BlackRock World Mining Trust has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volta Finance has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BRWM or VTA more profitable?

Volta Finance has a net margin of 71.86% compared to BlackRock World Mining Trust's net margin of -153.65%. Volta Finance's return on equity of 17.54% beat BlackRock World Mining Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock World Mining Trust	-153.65%	-1.19%	-0.10%
Volta Finance	71.86%	17.54%	10.35%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BRWM or VTA?

Volta Finance has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock World Mining Trust. BlackRock World Mining Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Volta Finance, 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
BlackRock World Mining Trust	£8.73M	107.98	-£13.42M	-£6.99	-70.46
Volta Finance	£6.26B	0.04	£4.50B	£1.23	5.27

Does the media favor BRWM or VTA?

In the previous week, BlackRock World Mining Trust and BlackRock World Mining Trust both had 1 articles in the media. BlackRock World Mining Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Volta Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock World Mining Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock World Mining Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Volta Finance	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is BRWM or VTA a better dividend stock?

BlackRock World Mining Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Volta Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. BlackRock World Mining Trust pays out -486.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Volta Finance pays out 48.8% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BRWM or VTA?

17.0% of BlackRock World Mining Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of Volta Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of BlackRock World Mining Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Volta Finance 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.

Summary

Volta Finance beats BlackRock World Mining Trust on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.