British Smaller Companies VCT (BSV) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CGT or BSV?

16.2% of Capital Gearing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of Capital Gearing shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CGT or BSV more profitable?

Capital Gearing has a net margin of 255.48% compared to British Smaller Companies VCT's net margin of 66.78%. Capital Gearing's return on equity of 5.25% beat British Smaller Companies VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Gearing	255.48%	5.25%	-2.63%
British Smaller Companies VCT	66.78%	3.73%	4.20%

Does the media refer more to CGT or BSV?

In the previous week, Capital Gearing had 5 more articles in the media than British Smaller Companies VCT. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Capital Gearing and 0 mentions for British Smaller Companies VCT. British Smaller Companies VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Capital Gearing's score of -0.86 indicating that British Smaller Companies VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Capital Gearing	Negative
British Smaller Companies VCT	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CGT or BSV?

Capital Gearing received 84 more outperform votes than British Smaller Companies VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.56% of users gave Capital Gearing an outperform vote while only 74.00% of users gave British Smaller Companies VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capital Gearing	Outperform Votes 121 77.56%	Underperform Votes 35 22.44%
British Smaller Companies VCT	Outperform Votes 37 74.00%	Underperform Votes 13 26.00%

Which has more risk & volatility, CGT or BSV?

Capital Gearing has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British Smaller Companies VCT has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CGT or BSV a better dividend stock?

Capital Gearing pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. British Smaller Companies VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Capital Gearing pays out 24.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. British Smaller Companies VCT pays out 139.5% 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 higher valuation & earnings, CGT or BSV?

Capital Gearing has higher revenue and earnings than British Smaller Companies VCT. Capital Gearing 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
Capital Gearing	£17.92M	49.51	£45.77M	£245.96	19.39
British Smaller Companies VCT	£12.98M	17.81	£8.67M	£2.87	26.67

Summary

Capital Gearing beats British Smaller Companies VCT on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.