Albion Enterprise VCT (AAEV) Competitors

Albion Enterprise VCT (LON:AAEV) and Ruffer Investment (LON:RICA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

Is AAEV or RICA more profitable?

Albion Enterprise VCT has a net margin of 1,726.26% compared to Ruffer Investment's net margin of 51.94%. Albion Enterprise VCT's return on equity of 85.97% beat Ruffer Investment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Albion Enterprise VCT	1,726.26%	85.97%	0.86%
Ruffer Investment	51.94%	0.96%	0.45%

Is AAEV or RICA a better dividend stock?

Albion Enterprise VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Ruffer Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Albion Enterprise VCT pays out 5.3% 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. Albion Enterprise VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to AAEV or RICA?

In the previous week, Albion Enterprise VCT and Albion Enterprise VCT both had 1 articles in the media. Ruffer Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Albion Enterprise VCT's score of -0.91 indicating that Ruffer Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Albion Enterprise VCT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Ruffer Investment	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AAEV or RICA?

Ruffer Investment received 30 more outperform votes than Albion Enterprise VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.42% of users gave Albion Enterprise VCT an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave Ruffer Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Albion Enterprise VCT	Outperform Votes 67 64.42%	Underperform Votes 37 35.58%
Ruffer Investment	Outperform Votes 97 63.82%	Underperform Votes 55 36.18%

Which has more risk & volatility, AAEV or RICA?

Albion Enterprise VCT has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its stock price is 97% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AAEV or RICA?

43.3% of Ruffer Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Albion Enterprise VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ruffer Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, AAEV or RICA?

Albion Enterprise VCT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ruffer Investment. Albion Enterprise VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ruffer Investment, 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
Albion Enterprise VCT	£14.60M	16.68	£252.09M	£112.32	0.97
Ruffer Investment	£16.91M	53.38	£8.78M	£2.75	102.03

Summary

Albion Enterprise VCT beats Ruffer Investment on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.