Crown Place VCT (CRWN) Competitors

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) and Crown Place VCT (LON:CRWN) 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 earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SST or CRWN?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos received 14 more outperform votes than Crown Place VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.63% of users gave Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave Crown Place VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	Outperform Votes 101 70.63%	Underperform Votes 42 29.37%
Crown Place VCT	Outperform Votes 87 65.91%	Underperform Votes 45 34.09%

Is SST or CRWN more profitable?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a net margin of 77.82% compared to Crown Place VCT's net margin of 50.64%. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' return on equity of 28.42% beat Crown Place VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	77.82%	28.42%	8.03%
Crown Place VCT	50.64%	2.35%	1.52%

Is SST or CRWN a better dividend stock?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Crown Place VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays out 5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crown Place VCT pays out 262.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SST or CRWN?

78.2% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown Place VCT shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Crown Place VCT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to SST or CRWN?

In the previous week, Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Crown Place VCT'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	Neutral
Crown Place VCT	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, SST or CRWN?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Place VCT has a beta of 0.09, indicating that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, SST or CRWN?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has higher revenue and earnings than Crown Place VCT. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos 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
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	£78.23M	4.34	£60.88M	£261.69	5.58
Crown Place VCT	£4.57M	19.37	£2.31M	£0.76	38.25

Summary

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos beats Crown Place VCT on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.