VTA vs. RICA, CGT, TMPL, JEO, SAIN, APEO, SLPE, OCI, ICGT, and MUT
Should you be buying Volta Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Volta Finance include Ruffer Investment (RICA), Capital Gearing (CGT), Temple Bar (TMPL), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), and Murray Income Trust (MUT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Volta Finance vs. Its Competitors
Volta Finance (LON:VTA) and Ruffer Investment (LON:RICA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
Volta Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Ruffer Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Volta Finance pays out 48.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ruffer Investment pays out 181.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Volta Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Volta Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Ruffer Investment. Volta Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ruffer Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Volta Finance and Volta Finance both had 1 articles in the media. Ruffer Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Volta Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that Ruffer Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Volta Finance has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ruffer Investment has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
41.8% of Volta Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.3% of Ruffer Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Volta Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ruffer Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ruffer Investment received 41 more outperform votes than Volta Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.47% of users gave Volta Finance an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave Ruffer Investment an outperform vote.
Volta Finance has a net margin of 71.86% compared to Ruffer Investment's net margin of 51.94%. Volta Finance's return on equity of 17.54% beat Ruffer Investment's return on equity.
Summary
Volta Finance beats Ruffer Investment on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:VTA) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
