British Smaller Companies VCT (BSV) Competitors

British Smaller Companies VCT (LON:BSV) and Scottish American Investment (LON:SAIN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.

Is BSV or SAIN more profitable?

Scottish American Investment has a net margin of 86.08% compared to British Smaller Companies VCT's net margin of 78.85%. Scottish American Investment's return on equity of 9.46% beat British Smaller Companies VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
British Smaller Companies VCT	78.85%	6.72%	4.20%
Scottish American Investment	86.08%	9.46%	5.89%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BSV or SAIN?

0.3% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Scottish American Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Scottish American Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, BSV or SAIN?

British Smaller Companies VCT has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scottish American Investment has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BSV or SAIN a better dividend stock?

British Smaller Companies VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Scottish American Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. British Smaller Companies VCT pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Scottish American Investment pays out 2,800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor BSV or SAIN?

In the previous week, British Smaller Companies VCT had 3 more articles in the media than Scottish American Investment. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for British Smaller Companies VCT and 1 mentions for Scottish American Investment. British Smaller Companies VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Scottish American Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that British Smaller Companies VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
British Smaller Companies VCT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Scottish American Investment	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate BSV or SAIN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
British Smaller Companies VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Scottish American Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better valuation & earnings, BSV or SAIN?

Scottish American Investment has higher revenue and earnings than British Smaller Companies VCT. Scottish American Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than British Smaller Companies 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
British Smaller Companies VCT	£15.21M	15.55	£11.99M	£0.06	1,291.67
Scottish American Investment	£103.33M	8.68	£88.95M	£0.50	1,006.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BSV or SAIN?

British Smaller Companies VCT received 33 more outperform votes than Scottish American Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Scottish American Investment an outperform vote while only 74.00% of users gave British Smaller Companies VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
British Smaller Companies VCT	Outperform Votes 37 74.00%	Underperform Votes 13 26.00%
Scottish American Investment	Outperform Votes 4 80.00%	Underperform Votes 1 20.00%

Summary

Scottish American Investment beats British Smaller Companies VCT on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.