Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 (MIG3) Competitors

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

Is CBP or MIG3 more profitable?

Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 has a net margin of 26.21% compared to Curtis Banks Group's net margin of -9.86%. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3's return on equity of 1.12% beat Curtis Banks Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Curtis Banks Group	-9.86%	-8.89%	0.15%
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	26.21%	1.12%	-2.94%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CBP or MIG3?

Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Curtis Banks Group. Curtis Banks Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maven Income and Growth VCT 3, 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
Curtis Banks Group	£68.06M	0.00	-£6.71M	-£0.10	N/A
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	£2.78M	20.80	£728.80K	£0.58	79.36

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CBP or MIG3?

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CBP or MIG3?

55.1% of Curtis Banks Group shares are held by institutional investors. 39.5% of Curtis Banks Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 shares are held 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, CBP or MIG3?

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

Does the media prefer CBP or MIG3?

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

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

Is CBP or MIG3 a better dividend stock?

Curtis Banks Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Curtis Banks Group pays out -9,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 pays out 513.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Curtis Banks Group beats Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.