AAVC vs. JMI, BMD, RSE, SCP, KIT, SMIF, PEMB, AJOT, BMPG, and AFHP
Should you be buying Albion VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albion VCT include JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust (JMI), Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (BMD), Riverstone Energy (RSE), Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP), Keystone Investment Trust (KIT), TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund (SMIF), Pembroke VCT B (PEMB), AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT), BMO Managed PortfolioTrust PLC - Growth Portfolio (BMPG), and AFH Financial Group (AFHP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Albion VCT vs.
Albion VCT (LON:AAVC) and JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust (LON:JMI) 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 profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Albion VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Albion VCT pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust pays out -5,000.0% 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.
JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust's return on equity of -5.12% beat Albion VCT's return on equity.
37.4% of JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Albion VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Albion VCT received 9 more outperform votes than JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.98% of users gave JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 70.67% of users gave Albion VCT an outperform vote.
Albion VCT has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust. JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albion VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Albion VCT had 2 more articles in the media than JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Albion VCT and 0 mentions for JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust. Albion VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Albion VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Albion VCT has a beta of -0.09, indicating that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Albion VCT beats JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:AAVC) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
