Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 (MAV4) Competitors

Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) and Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 (LON:MAV4) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.

Is LIO or MAV4 a better dividend stock?

Liontrust Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 72 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.8%. Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Liontrust Asset Management pays out -144,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in LIO or MAV4?

56.1% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, LIO or MAV4?

Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Liontrust Asset Management.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liontrust Asset Management	£197.89M	1.48	-£3.49M	-£0.05	-9,140.00
Maven Income and Growth VCT 4	£2.65M	29.11	-£2.07M	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer LIO or MAV4?

In the previous week, Liontrust Asset Management had 1 more articles in the media than Maven Income and Growth VCT 4. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Liontrust Asset Management and 0 mentions for Maven Income and Growth VCT 4. Liontrust Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Maven Income and Growth VCT 4'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Liontrust Asset Management	Neutral
Maven Income and Growth VCT 4	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, LIO or MAV4?

Liontrust Asset Management has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer LIO or MAV4?

Liontrust Asset Management currently has a consensus price target of GBX 485, suggesting a potential upside of 6.13%. Given Liontrust Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Liontrust Asset Management is more favorable than Maven Income and Growth VCT 4.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liontrust Asset Management	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Maven Income and Growth VCT 4	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LIO or MAV4?

Liontrust Asset Management received 337 more outperform votes than Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.73% of users gave Liontrust Asset Management an outperform vote while only 67.62% of users gave Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Liontrust Asset Management	Outperform Votes 408 74.73%	Underperform Votes 138 25.27%
Maven Income and Growth VCT 4	Outperform Votes 71 67.62%	Underperform Votes 34 32.38%

Is LIO or MAV4 more profitable?

Liontrust Asset Management has a net margin of -1.76% compared to Maven Income and Growth VCT 4's net margin of -5.92%. Maven Income and Growth VCT 4's return on equity of -0.17% beat Liontrust Asset Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liontrust Asset Management	-1.76%	-1.78%	5.02%
Maven Income and Growth VCT 4	-5.92%	-0.17%	-0.11%

Summary

Liontrust Asset Management beats Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.