Octopus Apollo VCT (OAP3) Competitors

Quilter (LON:QLT) and Octopus Apollo VCT (LON:OAP3) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Do analysts rate QLT or OAP3?

Quilter presently has a consensus price target of GBX 135, indicating a potential upside of 2.66%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Quilter is more favorable than Octopus Apollo VCT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Octopus Apollo VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, QLT or OAP3?

Quilter has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus Apollo VCT. Octopus Apollo VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, 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
Quilter	£6.38B	0.27	£49.61M	£3.72	35.36
Octopus Apollo VCT	£2.55M	181.31	-£5.76M	-£0.60	-80.14

Does the media prefer QLT or OAP3?

In the previous week, Octopus Apollo VCT had 1 more articles in the media than Quilter. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Octopus Apollo VCT and 0 mentions for Quilter. Octopus Apollo VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Quilter's score of 0.00 indicating that Octopus Apollo VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Quilter	Neutral
Octopus Apollo VCT	Positive

Is QLT or OAP3 a better dividend stock?

Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Octopus Apollo VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Quilter pays out 134.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Octopus Apollo VCT pays out -500.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Octopus Apollo VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, QLT or OAP3?

Quilter has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Octopus Apollo VCT has a beta of -0.09, indicating that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer QLT or OAP3?

Quilter received 32 more outperform votes than Octopus Apollo VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.13% of users gave Octopus Apollo VCT an outperform vote while only 60.83% of users gave Quilter an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quilter	Outperform Votes 73 60.83%	Underperform Votes 47 39.17%
Octopus Apollo VCT	Outperform Votes 41 66.13%	Underperform Votes 21 33.87%

Is QLT or OAP3 more profitable?

Quilter has a net margin of 0.78% compared to Octopus Apollo VCT's net margin of -226.25%. Quilter's return on equity of 3.33% beat Octopus Apollo VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quilter	0.78%	3.33%	0.21%
Octopus Apollo VCT	-226.25%	-1.19%	-0.07%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of QLT or OAP3?

79.1% of Quilter shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Quilter shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Octopus Apollo VCT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Quilter beats Octopus Apollo VCT on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.