AssetCo (ASTO) Competitors

Income & Growth VCT (LON:IGV) and AssetCo (LON:ASTO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Does the media refer more to IGV or ASTO?

In the previous week, Income & Growth VCT had 1 more articles in the media than AssetCo. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Income & Growth VCT and 0 mentions for AssetCo. Income & Growth VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat AssetCo's score of 0.00 indicating that Income & Growth VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Income & Growth VCT	Positive
AssetCo	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, IGV or ASTO?

Income & Growth VCT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AssetCo. AssetCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Income & Growth VCT, 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
Income & Growth VCT	£12.36M	14.27	£9.11M	£0.04	1,650.00
AssetCo	£14.78M	2.99	-£9.63M	-£0.07	-442.86

Which has more volatility and risk, IGV or ASTO?

Income & Growth VCT has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AssetCo has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IGV or ASTO a better dividend stock?

Income & Growth VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.2%. AssetCo pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Income & Growth VCT pays out 25,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AssetCo pays out -1,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in IGV or ASTO?

44.6% of AssetCo shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Income & Growth VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.8% of AssetCo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IGV or ASTO?

AssetCo received 3 more outperform votes than Income & Growth VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.73% of users gave AssetCo an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave Income & Growth VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Income & Growth VCT	Outperform Votes 29 59.18%	Underperform Votes 20 40.82%
AssetCo	Outperform Votes 32 72.73%	Underperform Votes 12 27.27%

Is IGV or ASTO more profitable?

Income & Growth VCT has a net margin of 73.70% compared to AssetCo's net margin of -102.58%. Income & Growth VCT's return on equity of 7.65% beat AssetCo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Income & Growth VCT	73.70%	7.65%	4.76%
AssetCo	-102.58%	-16.26%	-5.01%

Do analysts recommend IGV or ASTO?

AssetCo has a consensus price target of GBX 40, suggesting a potential upside of 29.03%. Given AssetCo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AssetCo is more favorable than Income & Growth VCT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Income & Growth VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
AssetCo	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Income & Growth VCT beats AssetCo on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.