Oxford Technology VCT 4 (OT4) Competitors

Oxford Technology VCT 4 (LON:OT4) and Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust (LON:GMP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has better earnings & valuation, OT4 or GMP?

Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Oxford Technology VCT 4.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Technology VCT 4	-£1.50M	-0.25	-£1.75M	£0.13	26.92
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is OT4 or GMP more profitable?

Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust's return on equity of 0.00% beat Oxford Technology VCT 4's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oxford Technology VCT 4	N/A	-21.15%	-12.99%
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OT4 or GMP?

Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust received 24 more outperform votes than Oxford Technology VCT 4 when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Oxford Technology VCT 4	N/A	N/A
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust	Outperform Votes 24 63.16%	Underperform Votes 14 36.84%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OT4 or GMP?

4.3% of Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Oxford Technology VCT 4 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 86.7% of Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor OT4 or GMP?

In the previous week, Oxford Technology VCT 4's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Oxford Technology VCT 4	Neutral
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust	Neutral

Is OT4 or GMP a better dividend stock?

Oxford Technology VCT 4 pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 285.7%. Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Oxford Technology VCT 4 pays out 7,692.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust beats Oxford Technology VCT 4 on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.