AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT) Competitors

NB Private Equity Partners (LON:NBPE) and AVI Japan Opportunity (LON:AJOT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NBPE or AJOT?

53.1% of NB Private Equity Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.6% of AVI Japan Opportunity shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of NB Private Equity Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of AVI Japan Opportunity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NBPE or AJOT more profitable?

AVI Japan Opportunity has a net margin of 0.00% compared to NB Private Equity Partners' net margin of -215.03%. AVI Japan Opportunity's return on equity of 0.00% beat NB Private Equity Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NB Private Equity Partners	-215.03%	-1.67%	-0.61%
AVI Japan Opportunity	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has better earnings & valuation, NBPE or AJOT?

AVI Japan Opportunity has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NB Private Equity Partners. NB Private Equity Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AVI Japan Opportunity, 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
NB Private Equity Partners	£10.30M	69.49	-£22.14M	-£0.36	-4,300.00
AVI Japan Opportunity	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.12	1,159.17

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NBPE or AJOT?

NB Private Equity Partners received 45 more outperform votes than AVI Japan Opportunity when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NB Private Equity Partners	Outperform Votes 45 59.21%	Underperform Votes 31 40.79%
AVI Japan Opportunity	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend NBPE or AJOT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NB Private Equity Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
AVI Japan Opportunity	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is NBPE or AJOT a better dividend stock?

NB Private Equity Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 71 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. AVI Japan Opportunity pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. NB Private Equity Partners pays out -19,722.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AVI Japan Opportunity pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NB Private Equity Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor NBPE or AJOT?

In the previous week, NB Private Equity Partners had 3 more articles in the media than AVI Japan Opportunity. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for NB Private Equity Partners and 0 mentions for AVI Japan Opportunity. NB Private Equity Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat AVI Japan Opportunity's score of 0.00 indicating that NB Private Equity Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
NB Private Equity Partners	Neutral
AVI Japan Opportunity	Neutral

Summary

AVI Japan Opportunity beats NB Private Equity Partners on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.