Weiss Korea Opportunity (WKOF) Competitors

Weiss Korea Opportunity (LON:WKOF) and British Smaller Companies VCT2 (LON:BSC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Is WKOF or BSC more profitable?

British Smaller Companies VCT2 has a net margin of 58.95% compared to Weiss Korea Opportunity's net margin of 0.00%. British Smaller Companies VCT2's return on equity of 4.40% beat Weiss Korea Opportunity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Weiss Korea Opportunity	N/A	N/A	N/A
British Smaller Companies VCT2	58.95%	4.40%	2.73%

Does the media refer more to WKOF or BSC?

In the previous week, British Smaller Companies VCT2's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Weiss Korea Opportunity's score of 0.00 indicating that British Smaller Companies VCT2 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Weiss Korea Opportunity	Neutral
British Smaller Companies VCT2	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WKOF or BSC?

Weiss Korea Opportunity received 40 more outperform votes than British Smaller Companies VCT2 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.35% of users gave Weiss Korea Opportunity an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave British Smaller Companies VCT2 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Weiss Korea Opportunity	Outperform Votes 69 66.35%	Underperform Votes 35 33.65%
British Smaller Companies VCT2	Outperform Votes 29 65.91%	Underperform Votes 15 34.09%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, WKOF or BSC?

British Smaller Companies VCT2 has higher revenue and earnings than Weiss Korea Opportunity. Weiss Korea Opportunity 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
Weiss Korea Opportunity	N/A	N/A	N/A	-£0.06	-3,098.23
British Smaller Companies VCT2	£9.06M	14.25	£5.34M	£0.03	1,883.33

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of WKOF or BSC?

74.0% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of British Smaller Companies VCT2 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is WKOF or BSC a better dividend stock?

Weiss Korea Opportunity pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. British Smaller Companies VCT2 pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Weiss Korea Opportunity pays out -8,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. British Smaller Companies VCT2 pays out 13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate WKOF or BSC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Weiss Korea Opportunity	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
British Smaller Companies VCT2	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

British Smaller Companies VCT2 beats Weiss Korea Opportunity on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.