British Smaller Companies VCT (BSV) Competitors

Ninety One Group (LON:N91) and British Smaller Companies VCT (LON:BSV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in N91 or BSV?

26.8% of Ninety One Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.3% of Ninety One Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are owned 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 media prefer N91 or BSV?

In the previous week, British Smaller Companies VCT had 4 more articles in the media than Ninety One Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for British Smaller Companies VCT and 1 mentions for Ninety One Group. British Smaller Companies VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Ninety One Group's score of -1.10 indicating that British Smaller Companies VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ninety One Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
British Smaller Companies VCT	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, N91 or BSV?

Ninety One Group has higher revenue and earnings than British Smaller Companies VCT. Ninety One Group 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
Ninety One Group	£588.50M	1.52	£163.90M	£0.18	822.22
British Smaller Companies VCT	£15.21M	15.25	£11.99M	£0.06	1,266.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor N91 or BSV?

British Smaller Companies VCT received 35 more outperform votes than Ninety One Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.00% of users gave British Smaller Companies VCT an outperform vote while only 13.33% of users gave Ninety One Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ninety One Group	Outperform Votes 2 13.33%	Underperform Votes 13 86.67%
British Smaller Companies VCT	Outperform Votes 37 74.00%	Underperform Votes 13 26.00%

Is N91 or BSV more profitable?

British Smaller Companies VCT has a net margin of 78.85% compared to Ninety One Group's net margin of 27.85%. Ninety One Group's return on equity of 45.69% beat British Smaller Companies VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ninety One Group	27.85%	45.69%	1.15%
British Smaller Companies VCT	78.85%	6.72%	4.20%

Is N91 or BSV a better dividend stock?

Ninety One Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. British Smaller Companies VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Ninety One Group 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. 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, N91 or BSV?

Ninety One Group has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British Smaller Companies VCT has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend N91 or BSV?

Ninety One Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 173, indicating a potential upside of 16.89%. Given Ninety One Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ninety One Group is more favorable than British Smaller Companies VCT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ninety One Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
British Smaller Companies VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Ninety One Group beats British Smaller Companies VCT on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.