Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 (MIG3) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend CCJI or MIG3?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CC Japan Income & Growth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better valuation and earnings, CCJI or MIG3?

CC Japan Income & Growth has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Maven Income and Growth VCT 3. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CC Japan Income & Growth, 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
CC Japan Income & Growth	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.09	1,955.56
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	£1.26M	48.60	-£2.81M	-£0.03	-1,666.67

Is CCJI or MIG3 a better dividend stock?

CC Japan Income & Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. CC Japan Income & Growth pays out 5,555.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCJI or MIG3?

CC Japan Income & Growth received 4 more outperform votes than Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.63% of users gave CC Japan Income & Growth an outperform vote while only 67.06% of users gave Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CC Japan Income & Growth	Outperform Votes 118 77.63%	Underperform Votes 34 22.37%
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	Outperform Votes 114 67.06%	Underperform Votes 56 32.94%

Is CCJI or MIG3 more profitable?

CC Japan Income & Growth's return on equity of 0.00% beat Maven Income and Growth VCT 3's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CC Japan Income & Growth	N/A	N/A	N/A
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	N/A	-4.72%	-2.94%

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

60.7% of CC Japan Income & Growth shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of CC Japan Income & Growth 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer CCJI or MIG3?

In the previous week, CC Japan Income & Growth had 1 more articles in the media than Maven Income and Growth VCT 3. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for CC Japan Income & Growth and 0 mentions for Maven Income and Growth VCT 3. CC Japan Income & Growth's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Maven Income and Growth VCT 3's score of 0.00 indicating that CC Japan Income & Growth is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CC Japan Income & Growth	Very Positive
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	Neutral

Summary

CC Japan Income & Growth beats Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.