CLC vs. BSC, JUS, ASIT, AEI, PVN, KPC, GVP, BGCG, PGOO, and FTF
Should you be buying Calculus VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calculus VCT include British Smaller Companies VCT2 (BSC), Jupiter US Smaller Companies (JUS), Aberforth Split Level Income Trust (ASIT), abrdn Equity Income Trust (AEI), ProVen VCT (PVN), Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust (KPC), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (BGCG), ProVen Growth & Income VCT (PGOO), and Foresight Enterprise VCT (FTF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Calculus VCT vs.
British Smaller Companies VCT2 (LON:BSC) and Calculus VCT (LON:CLC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.
British Smaller Companies VCT2 has higher revenue and earnings than Calculus VCT. Calculus VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than British Smaller Companies VCT2, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
British Smaller Companies VCT2 pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Calculus VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. British Smaller Companies VCT2 pays out 176.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Calculus VCT pays out -373.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
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, Calculus VCT has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
British Smaller Companies VCT2 has a net margin of 63.40% compared to Calculus VCT's net margin of -108.96%. British Smaller Companies VCT2's return on equity of 4.00% beat Calculus VCT's return on equity.
In the previous week, Calculus VCT had 1 more articles in the media than British Smaller Companies VCT2. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Calculus VCT and 0 mentions for British Smaller Companies VCT2. Calculus VCT's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat British Smaller Companies VCT2's score of 0.00 indicating that Calculus VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
British Smaller Companies VCT2 received 15 more outperform votes than Calculus VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Calculus VCT an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave British Smaller Companies VCT2 an outperform vote.
Summary
British Smaller Companies VCT2 beats Calculus VCT on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:CLC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
