OSEC vs. NCYF, BRK, HAN, JAGI, RECI, BGUK, ARR, BBH, RSE, and TMI
Should you be buying Octopus AIM VCT 2 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Octopus AIM VCT 2 include CQS New City High Yield (NCYF), Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK), Hansa Investment (HAN), JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (JAGI), Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI), Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK), Aurora Investment Trust (ARR), Bellevue Healthcare (BBH), Riverstone Energy (RSE), and Taylor Maritime Investments (TMI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Octopus AIM VCT 2 vs. Its Competitors
CQS New City High Yield (LON:NCYF) and Octopus AIM VCT 2 (LON:OSEC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
CQS New City High Yield pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Octopus AIM VCT 2 pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. CQS New City High Yield pays out 50.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Octopus AIM VCT 2 pays out -607.6% 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. Octopus AIM VCT 2 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
8.1% of CQS New City High Yield shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of CQS New City High Yield shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Octopus AIM VCT 2 shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Octopus AIM VCT 2 had 1 more articles in the media than CQS New City High Yield. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Octopus AIM VCT 2 and 1 mentions for CQS New City High Yield. CQS New City High Yield's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Octopus AIM VCT 2's score of -0.91 indicating that CQS New City High Yield is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CQS New City High Yield has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus AIM VCT 2. Octopus AIM VCT 2 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CQS New City High Yield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CQS New City High Yield has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Octopus AIM VCT 2 has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CQS New City High Yield has a net margin of 88.30% compared to Octopus AIM VCT 2's net margin of -17.95%. CQS New City High Yield's return on equity of 16.49% beat Octopus AIM VCT 2's return on equity.
Summary
CQS New City High Yield beats Octopus AIM VCT 2 on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:OSEC) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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