AADV vs. NAS, POLR, CGI, FSG, JLEN, JPGI, POLN, ATR, GHE, and PAC
Should you be buying Albion Development VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albion Development VCT include North Atlantic Smaller Cos (NAS), Polar Capital (POLR), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Foresight Group (FSG), JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN), Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income (JPGI), Pollen Street Group (POLN), Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. (ATR), Gresham House (GHE), and Pacific Assets (PAC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Albion Development VCT vs.
Albion Development VCT (LON:AADV) and North Atlantic Smaller Cos (LON:NAS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.
Albion Development VCT and North Atlantic Smaller Cos both received 93 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 68.38% of users gave North Atlantic Smaller Cos an outperform vote while only 66.43% of users gave Albion Development VCT an outperform vote.
Albion Development VCT has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Albion Development VCT has a net margin of 65.36% compared to North Atlantic Smaller Cos' net margin of 19.05%. Albion Development VCT's return on equity of 4.92% beat North Atlantic Smaller Cos' return on equity.
Albion Development VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 69 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Albion Development VCT pays out 5,555.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays out 43,125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Albion Development VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Albion Development VCT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than North Atlantic Smaller Cos. Albion Development VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than North Atlantic Smaller Cos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
29.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Albion Development VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Albion Development VCT had 1 more articles in the media than North Atlantic Smaller Cos. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Albion Development VCT and 1 mentions for North Atlantic Smaller Cos. North Atlantic Smaller Cos' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Albion Development VCT's score of 0.55 indicating that North Atlantic Smaller Cos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
North Atlantic Smaller Cos beats Albion Development VCT on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AADV) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
