CT Private Equity Trust (CTPE) Competitors

Ninety One Group (LON:N91) and CT Private Equity Trust (LON:CTPE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, N91 or CTPE?

Ninety One Group has higher revenue and earnings than CT Private Equity Trust. Ninety One Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT Private Equity Trust, 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	£586.81M	2.23	£154.01M	£17.37	8.52
CT Private Equity Trust	£9.01M	36.86	£5.40M	£7.51	61.62

Does the MarketBeat Community favor N91 or CTPE?

Ninety One Group received 2 more outperform votes than CT Private Equity Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ninety One Group	Outperform Votes 2 13.33%	Underperform Votes 13 86.67%
CT Private Equity Trust	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, N91 or CTPE?

Ninety One Group has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CT Private Equity Trust has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is N91 or CTPE more profitable?

CT Private Equity Trust has a net margin of 59.97% compared to Ninety One Group's net margin of 26.24%. Ninety One Group's return on equity of 42.90% beat CT Private Equity Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ninety One Group	26.24%	42.90%	1.15%
CT Private Equity Trust	59.97%	1.10%	1.91%

Is N91 or CTPE a better dividend stock?

Ninety One Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. CT Private Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Ninety One Group pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CT Private Equity Trust pays out 372.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ninety One Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

26.8% of Ninety One Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.7% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 58.3% of Ninety One Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor N91 or CTPE?

In the previous week, CT Private Equity Trust had 5 more articles in the media than Ninety One Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CT Private Equity Trust and 0 mentions for Ninety One Group. CT Private Equity Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Ninety One Group's score of 0.00 indicating that CT Private Equity Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ninety One Group	Neutral
CT Private Equity Trust	Positive

Do analysts prefer N91 or CTPE?

Ninety One Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 173, suggesting a potential upside of 16.97%. Given Ninety One Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ninety One Group is more favorable than CT Private Equity Trust.

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
CT Private Equity Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Ninety One Group beats CT Private Equity Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.