Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 (MIG3) Competitors

Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 (LON:MIG3) and Curtis Banks Group (LON:CBP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Which has more volatility & risk, MIG3 or CBP?

Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Curtis Banks Group has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor MIG3 or CBP?

In the previous week, Maven Income and Growth VCT 3's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Curtis Banks Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	Neutral
Curtis Banks Group	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, MIG3 or CBP?

Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Curtis Banks Group. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Curtis Banks Group, 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
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	£1.26M	46.66	-£2.81M	-£0.03	-1,600.00
Curtis Banks Group	£68.06M	0.00	-£6.71M	-£0.10	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals believe in MIG3 or CBP?

55.1% of Curtis Banks Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.5% of Curtis Banks Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MIG3 or CBP more profitable?

Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Curtis Banks Group's net margin of -9.86%. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3's return on equity of -4.72% beat Curtis Banks Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	N/A	-4.72%	-2.94%
Curtis Banks Group	-9.86%	-8.89%	0.15%

Is MIG3 or CBP a better dividend stock?

Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Curtis Banks Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Curtis Banks Group pays out -9,000.0% 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. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MIG3 or CBP?

Curtis Banks Group received 61 more outperform votes than Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.57% of users gave Curtis Banks Group an outperform vote while only 67.06% of users gave Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	Outperform Votes 114 67.06%	Underperform Votes 56 32.94%
Curtis Banks Group	Outperform Votes 175 67.57%	Underperform Votes 84 32.43%

Summary

Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 and Curtis Banks Group tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.