British Smaller Companies VCT2 (BSC) Competitors

British Smaller Companies VCT2 (LON:BSC) and Foresight Group (LON:FSG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BSC or FSG?

British Smaller Companies VCT2 received 26 more outperform votes than Foresight Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Foresight Group an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave British Smaller Companies VCT2 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
British Smaller Companies VCT2	Outperform Votes 29 65.91%	Underperform Votes 15 34.09%
Foresight Group	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do analysts recommend BSC or FSG?

Foresight Group has a consensus target price of GBX 580, suggesting a potential upside of 43.92%. Given Foresight Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Foresight Group is more favorable than British Smaller Companies VCT2.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
British Smaller Companies VCT2	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Foresight Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BSC or FSG?

Foresight Group has higher revenue and earnings than British Smaller Companies VCT2. British Smaller Companies VCT2 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Group, 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
British Smaller Companies VCT2	£9.06M	13.50	£5.34M	£0.03	1,783.33
Foresight Group	£141.33M	3.29	£26.43M	£0.22	1,831.82

Is BSC or FSG more profitable?

British Smaller Companies VCT2 has a net margin of 58.95% compared to Foresight Group's net margin of 18.70%. Foresight Group's return on equity of 31.88% beat British Smaller Companies VCT2's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
British Smaller Companies VCT2	58.95%	4.40%	2.73%
Foresight Group	18.70%	31.88%	15.09%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BSC or FSG?

42.8% of Foresight Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of British Smaller Companies VCT2 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.3% of Foresight Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BSC or FSG a better dividend stock?

British Smaller Companies VCT2 pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Foresight Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 31 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. British Smaller Companies VCT2 pays out 13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Foresight Group pays out 14,090.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk & volatility, BSC or FSG?

British Smaller Companies VCT2 has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foresight Group has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BSC or FSG?

In the previous week, British Smaller Companies VCT2 and British Smaller Companies VCT2 both had 2 articles in the media. Foresight Group's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat British Smaller Companies VCT2's score of -0.70 indicating that Foresight Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
British Smaller Companies VCT2	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Foresight Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Foresight Group beats British Smaller Companies VCT2 on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.