ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments (LBOW) Competitors

Hargreave Hale AIM VCT (LON:HHV) and ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments (LON:LBOW) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HHV or LBOW?

Hargreave Hale AIM VCT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments, 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
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT	-£2.49M	-47.49	-£6.58M	-£1.80	-17.97
ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments	£4.33M	6.37	-£24.46M	-£20.86	-1.11

Does the media refer more to HHV or LBOW?

In the previous week, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT	Neutral
ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HHV or LBOW?

Hargreave Hale AIM VCT received 7 more outperform votes than ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Hargreave Hale AIM VCT an outperform vote while only 63.56% of users gave ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT	Outperform Votes 82 66.67%	Underperform Votes 41 33.33%
ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments	Outperform Votes 75 63.56%	Underperform Votes 43 36.44%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HHV or LBOW?

73.6% of ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.7% of ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HHV or LBOW a better dividend stock?

Hargreave Hale AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.3%. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT pays out -166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments pays out -19.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is HHV or LBOW more profitable?

Hargreave Hale AIM VCT has a net margin of 264.25% compared to ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments' net margin of -564.92%. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT's return on equity of -4.34% beat ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT	264.25%	-4.34%	-8.44%
ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments	-564.92%	-43.80%	N/A

Summary

Hargreave Hale AIM VCT and ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.