New Century AIM 2 VCT (NCA2) Competitors

New Century AIM 2 VCT (LON:NCA2) and Reconstruction Capital II (LON:RC2) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has better valuation & earnings, NCA2 or RC2?

New Century AIM 2 VCT has higher revenue and earnings than Reconstruction Capital II. New Century AIM 2 VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reconstruction Capital II, 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
New Century AIM 2 VCT	£184.16K	0.07	-£298.46K	-£5.20	-0.04
Reconstruction Capital II	-£2.26M	0.00	-£3.09M	-£0.02	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NCA2 or RC2?

10.2% of New Century AIM 2 VCT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of Reconstruction Capital II shares are held by institutional investors. 40.5% of New Century AIM 2 VCT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 61.2% of Reconstruction Capital II shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NCA2 or RC2 more profitable?

Reconstruction Capital II has a net margin of 0.00% compared to New Century AIM 2 VCT's net margin of -162.07%. New Century AIM 2 VCT's return on equity of -12.21% beat Reconstruction Capital II's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New Century AIM 2 VCT	-162.07%	-12.21%	-20.77%
Reconstruction Capital II	N/A	-12.35%	-7.58%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NCA2 or RC2?

Reconstruction Capital II received 9 more outperform votes than New Century AIM 2 VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.77% of users gave New Century AIM 2 VCT an outperform vote while only 67.24% of users gave Reconstruction Capital II an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
New Century AIM 2 VCT	Outperform Votes 30 69.77%	Underperform Votes 13 30.23%
Reconstruction Capital II	Outperform Votes 39 67.24%	Underperform Votes 19 32.76%

Which has more risk and volatility, NCA2 or RC2?

New Century AIM 2 VCT has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reconstruction Capital II has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NCA2 or RC2?

In the previous week, New Century AIM 2 VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Reconstruction Capital II'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
New Century AIM 2 VCT	Neutral
Reconstruction Capital II	Neutral

Summary

Reconstruction Capital II beats New Century AIM 2 VCT on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.