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Foresight VCT (FTV) Competitors

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GBX 66.50 +1.50 (+2.31%)
As of 08/5/2025 09:51 AM Eastern

FTV vs. PRE, TMO, NAUT, ALNT, MKT, MIR, TT, MTO, GSCT, and JESC

Should you be buying Foresight VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Foresight VCT include Pensana (PRE), Time Out Group (TMO), Nautilus Marine Services (NAUT), ALNT.L (ALNT), Market Tech (MKT), Mining Investments Resources (MIR), TUI Travel (TT), Mitie Group (MTO), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), and JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC).

Foresight VCT vs. Its Competitors

Foresight VCT (LON:FTV) and Pensana (LON:PRE) are both small-cap measuring and control equipment companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.

In the previous week, Foresight VCT had 1 more articles in the media than Pensana. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Foresight VCT and 1 mentions for Pensana. Pensana's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Foresight VCT's score of 0.03 indicating that Pensana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Foresight VCT
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Pensana
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Foresight VCT has a net margin of 75.85% compared to Pensana's net margin of 0.00%. Foresight VCT's return on equity of 10.05% beat Pensana's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Foresight VCT75.85% 10.05% 4.98%
Pensana N/A -7.99%-4.97%

Foresight VCT has higher revenue and earnings than Pensana. Pensana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Foresight VCT£32.45M6.15£24.62M£8.208.11
PensanaN/AN/A-£6.26M-£1.33-53.80

11.9% of Pensana shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Foresight VCT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.7% of Pensana shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Foresight VCT has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pensana has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Foresight VCT beats Pensana on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FTV vs. The Competition

MetricForesight VCTAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£199.74M£1.30B£6.33B£3.07B
Dividend Yield9.33%4.39%4.18%5.02%
P/E Ratio8.1122.5314.16167.26
Price / Sales6.152,509.311,817.33342,537.36
Price / Cash5.9060.70127.2627.97
Price / Book0.821.442.254.54
Net Income£24.62M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.17%0.31%0.82%
1 Month Performance2.31%14.70%9.00%11.72%
1 Year Performance-8.90%8.68%22.91%70.33%

Foresight VCT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FTV
Foresight VCT
N/AGBX 66.50
+2.3%
N/A-8.9%£199.74M£32.45M8.1118,000News Coverage
Gap Up
PRE
Pensana
N/AGBX 71.73
+2.5%
N/A+386.3%£265.13MN/A-53.931News Coverage
TMO
Time Out Group
N/AGBX 17
flat
N/A-70.4%£60.74M£114.44M-11.93504Gap Down
High Trading Volume
NAUT
Nautilus Marine Services
N/AN/AN/AN/A£417KN/A-0.03130Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ALNT
ALNT.L
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.001,950
MKT
Market Tech
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.006,400Gap Down
MIR
Mining Investments Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.002,870High Trading Volume
TT
TUI Travel
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.0039,000
MTO
Mitie Group
2.9667 of 5 stars
GBX 141.20
+0.3%
GBX 165
+16.9%
+28.7%£1.78B£4.80B14.6868,145Analyst Forecast
GSCT
The Global Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 165.60
-0.2%
N/A+3.1%£796.09M£70.77M1.34N/A
JESC
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£795.72M£114.05M7.60N/A

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