Crown Place VCT (CRWN) Competitors

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust (LON:CTUK) and Crown Place VCT (LON:CRWN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CTUK or CRWN?

Crown Place VCT received 87 more outperform votes than CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	N/A	N/A
Crown Place VCT	Outperform Votes 87 65.91%	Underperform Votes 45 34.09%

Does the media refer more to CTUK or CRWN?

In the previous week, CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Crown Place VCT'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	Neutral
Crown Place VCT	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, CTUK or CRWN?

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Place VCT has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CTUK or CRWN a better dividend stock?

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Crown Place VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crown Place VCT pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is CTUK or CRWN more profitable?

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust has a net margin of 91.69% compared to Crown Place VCT's net margin of 50.52%. CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust's return on equity of 12.54% beat Crown Place VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	91.69%	12.54%	7.44%
Crown Place VCT	50.52%	2.45%	1.52%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CTUK or CRWN?

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Crown Place VCT. CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crown Place 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
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	£41.80M	7.80	£38.32M	£0.36	891.67
Crown Place VCT	£4.18M	19.81	£2.11M	£0.01	2,950.00

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CTUK or CRWN?

85.1% of CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown Place VCT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Crown Place VCT shares are held by 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.

Summary

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust beats Crown Place VCT on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.