Molten Ventures VCT (MVCT) Competitors

Molten Ventures VCT (LON:MVCT) and Henderson Far East Income (LON:HFEL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, MVCT or HFEL?

Molten Ventures VCT has a beta of 0.1, indicating that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Far East Income has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MVCT or HFEL more profitable?

Molten Ventures VCT's return on equity of -2.23% beat Henderson Far East Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Molten Ventures VCT	N/A	-2.23%	-1.38%
Henderson Far East Income	N/A	-2.66%	-0.81%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MVCT or HFEL?

0.9% of Molten Ventures VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of Henderson Far East Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Molten Ventures VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Henderson Far East Income shares are owned 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 MarketBeat Community believe in MVCT or HFEL?

Henderson Far East Income received 93 more outperform votes than Molten Ventures VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Molten Ventures VCT an outperform vote while only 68.61% of users gave Henderson Far East Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Molten Ventures VCT	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Henderson Far East Income	Outperform Votes 94 68.61%	Underperform Votes 43 31.39%

Is MVCT or HFEL a better dividend stock?

Molten Ventures VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Henderson Far East Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Molten Ventures VCT pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson Far East Income pays out -35,714.3% 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. Henderson Far East Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, MVCT or HFEL?

Molten Ventures VCT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Henderson Far East Income. Molten Ventures VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henderson Far East Income, 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
Molten Ventures VCT	-£4.92M	-19.01	-£2.46M	-£0.01	-3,850.00
Henderson Far East Income	-£1.75M	-213.95	-£10.35M	-£0.07	-3,242.86

Does the media prefer MVCT or HFEL?

In the previous week, Molten Ventures VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Henderson Far East Income'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Molten Ventures VCT	Neutral
Henderson Far East Income	Neutral

Summary

Henderson Far East Income beats Molten Ventures VCT on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.