CT Global Managed Portfolio Income (CMPI) Competitors

British Smaller Companies VCT (LON:BSV) and CT Global Managed Portfolio Income (LON:CMPI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BSV or CMPI?

British Smaller Companies VCT has higher revenue and earnings than CT Global Managed Portfolio Income. CT Global Managed Portfolio Income 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	15.25	£11.99M	£0.06	1,266.67
CT Global Managed Portfolio Income	N/A	N/A	N/A	-£0.10	-1,135.00

Is BSV or CMPI more profitable?

British Smaller Companies VCT has a net margin of 78.85% compared to CT Global Managed Portfolio Income's net margin of 0.00%. British Smaller Companies VCT's return on equity of 6.72% beat CT Global Managed Portfolio Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
British Smaller Companies VCT	78.85%	6.72%	4.20%
CT Global Managed Portfolio Income	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is BSV or CMPI a better dividend stock?

British Smaller Companies VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. CT Global Managed Portfolio Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. 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. CT Global Managed Portfolio Income pays out -7,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CT Global Managed Portfolio Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer BSV or CMPI?

In the previous week, British Smaller Companies VCT had 5 more articles in the media than CT Global Managed Portfolio Income. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for British Smaller Companies VCT and 0 mentions for CT Global Managed Portfolio Income. British Smaller Companies VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat CT Global Managed Portfolio Income's score of 0.00 indicating that British Smaller Companies VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
British Smaller Companies VCT	Neutral
CT Global Managed Portfolio Income	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BSV or CMPI?

British Smaller Companies VCT received 37 more outperform votes than CT Global Managed Portfolio Income when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
British Smaller Companies VCT	Outperform Votes 37 74.00%	Underperform Votes 13 26.00%
CT Global Managed Portfolio Income	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BSV or CMPI?

0.3% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of CT Global Managed Portfolio Income shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of British Smaller Companies VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of CT Global Managed Portfolio Income shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

British Smaller Companies VCT beats CT Global Managed Portfolio Income on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.