Miton UK Microcap (MINI) Competitors

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) and Miton UK Microcap (LON:MINI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTU or MINI?

Miton UK Microcap received 3 more outperform votes than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.57% of users gave Miton UK Microcap an outperform vote while only 68.32% of users gave Montanaro UK Smaller Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 69 68.32%	Underperform Votes 32 31.68%
Miton UK Microcap	Outperform Votes 72 68.57%	Underperform Votes 33 31.43%

Is MTU or MINI a better dividend stock?

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Miton UK Microcap pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Miton UK Microcap pays out 0.0% 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.

Is MTU or MINI more profitable?

Miton UK Microcap has a net margin of 108.26% compared to Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' net margin of 91.45%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' return on equity of 13.16% beat Miton UK Microcap's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	91.45%	13.16%	5.77%
Miton UK Microcap	108.26%	-15.14%	N/A

Does the media refer more to MTU or MINI?

In the previous week, Montanaro UK Smaller Companies had 4 more articles in the media than Miton UK Microcap. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Montanaro UK Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for Miton UK Microcap. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Miton UK Microcap's score of 0.00 indicating that Montanaro UK Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	Very Positive
Miton UK Microcap	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MTU or MINI?

78.5% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.1% of Miton UK Microcap shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Miton UK Microcap shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MTU or MINI?

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Miton UK Microcap. Miton UK Microcap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies, 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
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	£28.80M	6.04	£26.33M	£15.79	6.62
Miton UK Microcap	-£3.88M	-5.44	-£4.20M	-£9.17	-5.03

Summary

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies beats Miton UK Microcap on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.