Aurora Investment Trust (ARR) Competitors

Molten Ventures (LON:GROW) and Aurora Investment Trust (LON:ARR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Is GROW or ARR more profitable?

Aurora Investment Trust has a net margin of 93.64% compared to Molten Ventures' net margin of 0.00%. Aurora Investment Trust's return on equity of 29.37% beat Molten Ventures' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Molten Ventures	N/A	-3.32%	-3.46%
Aurora Investment Trust	93.64%	29.37%	18.36%

Do analysts recommend GROW or ARR?

Molten Ventures currently has a consensus price target of GBX 580, indicating a potential upside of 72.36%. Given Molten Ventures' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Molten Ventures is more favorable than Aurora Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Molten Ventures	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Aurora Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, GROW or ARR?

Molten Ventures has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aurora Investment Trust has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GROW or ARR?

96.7% of Molten Ventures shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of Aurora Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Molten Ventures shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Aurora Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GROW or ARR?

Molten Ventures received 152 more outperform votes than Aurora Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.13% of users gave Molten Ventures an outperform vote while only 70.63% of users gave Aurora Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Molten Ventures	Outperform Votes 253 77.13%	Underperform Votes 75 22.87%
Aurora Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 101 70.63%	Underperform Votes 42 29.37%

Does the media prefer GROW or ARR?

In the previous week, Molten Ventures had 4 more articles in the media than Aurora Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Molten Ventures and 1 mentions for Aurora Investment Trust. Aurora Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Molten Ventures' score of 0.57 indicating that Aurora Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Molten Ventures	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aurora Investment Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GROW or ARR?

Aurora Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Molten Ventures. Molten Ventures is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aurora Investment Trust, 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
Molten Ventures	-£47.80M	-13.05	-£40.60M	-£0.21	-1,602.38
Aurora Investment Trust	£56.99M	3.23	£53.37M	£0.70	344.29

Summary

Aurora Investment Trust beats Molten Ventures on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.