Income & Growth VCT (IGV) Competitors

Income & Growth VCT (LON:IGV) and Standard Life Private Equity Trust (LON:SLPE) 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 community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IGV or SLPE?

Standard Life Private Equity Trust received 109 more outperform votes than Income & Growth VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.70% of users gave Standard Life Private Equity Trust an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave Income & Growth VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Income & Growth VCT	Outperform Votes 29 59.18%	Underperform Votes 20 40.82%
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	Outperform Votes 138 69.70%	Underperform Votes 60 30.30%

Is IGV or SLPE more profitable?

Income & Growth VCT has a net margin of 71.12% compared to Standard Life Private Equity Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Income & Growth VCT's return on equity of 5.16% beat Standard Life Private Equity Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Income & Growth VCT	71.12%	5.16%	4.76%
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has better earnings and valuation, IGV or SLPE?

Income & Growth VCT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Standard Life Private Equity Trust. Standard Life Private Equity Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Income & Growth 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
Income & Growth VCT	£17.88M	11.99	£12.71M	£3.88	16.87
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	£251.60M	3.44	N/A	£155.20	3.63

Does the media refer more to IGV or SLPE?

In the previous week, Standard Life Private Equity Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Income & Growth VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Standard Life Private Equity Trust and 0 mentions for Income & Growth VCT. Standard Life Private Equity Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Income & Growth VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Standard Life Private Equity Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Income & Growth VCT	Neutral
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	Very Positive

Is IGV or SLPE a better dividend stock?

Income & Growth VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.3%. Standard Life Private Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Income & Growth VCT pays out 257.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Standard Life Private Equity Trust pays out 0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Standard Life Private Equity Trust beats Income & Growth VCT on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.