Northern 2 VCT (NTV) Competitors

Northern 2 VCT (LON:NTV) and Egdon Resources (LON:EDR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NTV or EDR?

Egdon Resources received 313 more outperform votes than Northern 2 VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.51% of users gave Egdon Resources an outperform vote while only 63.95% of users gave Northern 2 VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern 2 VCT	Outperform Votes 55 63.95%	Underperform Votes 31 36.05%
Egdon Resources	Outperform Votes 368 82.51%	Underperform Votes 78 17.49%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NTV or EDR?

Northern 2 VCT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Egdon Resources.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northern 2 VCT	£5.69M	20.79	£419.84M	£189.72	0.28
Egdon Resources	£8.08M	0.00	£2.51M	N/A	N/A

Is NTV or EDR more profitable?

Northern 2 VCT has a net margin of 7,373.23% compared to Egdon Resources' net margin of 31.06%. Northern 2 VCT's return on equity of 335.60% beat Egdon Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern 2 VCT	7,373.23%	335.60%	1.55%
Egdon Resources	31.06%	8.26%	4.22%

Does the media favor NTV or EDR?

In the previous week, Northern 2 VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Egdon Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Northern 2 VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northern 2 VCT	Positive
Egdon Resources	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in NTV or EDR?

18.6% of Egdon Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Northern 2 VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 63.8% of Egdon Resources shares are held by 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, NTV or EDR?

Northern 2 VCT has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Egdon Resources has a beta of -0.25, indicating that its share price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Egdon Resources beats Northern 2 VCT on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.