Molten Ventures VCT (MVCT) Competitors

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (LON:ORIT) and Molten Ventures VCT (LON:MVCT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ORIT or MVCT?

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Molten Ventures VCT. Molten Ventures VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust, 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
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	£28.91M	12.68	£18.16M	£3.27	20.19
Molten Ventures VCT	-£2.43M	-41.99	-£8.19M	-£3.21	-12.00

Does the media prefer ORIT or MVCT?

In the previous week, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Molten Ventures VCT'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	Neutral
Molten Ventures VCT	Neutral

Is ORIT or MVCT a better dividend stock?

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Molten Ventures VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust pays out 183.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Molten Ventures VCT pays out -62.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility and risk, ORIT or MVCT?

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molten Ventures VCT has a beta of 0.1, meaning that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ORIT or MVCT?

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust and Molten Ventures VCT both received 1 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Molten Ventures VCT	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ORIT or MVCT?

60.0% of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of Molten Ventures VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Molten Ventures VCT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ORIT or MVCT more profitable?

Molten Ventures VCT has a net margin of 336.71% compared to Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's net margin of 62.83%. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust's return on equity of 3.10% beat Molten Ventures VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust	62.83%	3.10%	1.89%
Molten Ventures VCT	336.71%	-6.80%	-1.38%

Summary

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust beats Molten Ventures VCT on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.