Volta Finance (VTA) Competitors

Volta Finance (LON:VTA) and Temple Bar (LON:TMPL) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in VTA or TMPL?

41.8% of Volta Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Temple Bar shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Volta Finance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Temple Bar shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VTA or TMPL more profitable?

Temple Bar has a net margin of 98.26% compared to Volta Finance's net margin of 71.86%. Temple Bar's return on equity of 20.62% beat Volta Finance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Volta Finance	71.86%	17.54%	10.35%
Temple Bar	98.26%	20.62%	7.08%

Does the media refer more to VTA or TMPL?

In the previous week, Temple Bar had 4 more articles in the media than Volta Finance. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Temple Bar and 0 mentions for Volta Finance. Volta Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Temple Bar's score of 0.56 indicating that Volta Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Volta Finance	Positive
Temple Bar	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, VTA or TMPL?

Volta Finance has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Temple Bar has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VTA or TMPL a better dividend stock?

Volta Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Temple Bar pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Volta Finance pays out 48.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Temple Bar pays out 21.7% 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, VTA or TMPL?

Volta Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Temple Bar. Volta Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Temple Bar, 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
Volta Finance	£6.26B	0.04	£4.50B	£1.23	5.58
Temple Bar	£168.39M	6.08	£154.90M	£0.58	626.09

Summary

Volta Finance beats Temple Bar on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.