Oxford Technology VCT 4 (OT4) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, OT4 or SLNG?

Oxford Technology VCT 4 has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H C Slingsby has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, OT4 or SLNG?

H C Slingsby has higher revenue and earnings than Oxford Technology VCT 4. H C Slingsby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oxford Technology VCT 4, 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
Oxford Technology VCT 4	-£1.50M	-0.54	-£1.75M	£0.13	57.69
H C Slingsby	£21.95M	0.14	N/A	-£0.14	-2,142.86

Does the media favor OT4 or SLNG?

In the previous week, H C Slingsby had 1 more articles in the media than Oxford Technology VCT 4. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for H C Slingsby and 0 mentions for Oxford Technology VCT 4. Oxford Technology VCT 4's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled H C Slingsby'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Oxford Technology VCT 4	Neutral
H C Slingsby	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OT4 or SLNG?

H C Slingsby 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
H C Slingsby	Outperform Votes 24 64.86%	Underperform Votes 13 35.14%

Is OT4 or SLNG more profitable?

Oxford Technology VCT 4 has a net margin of 0.00% compared to H C Slingsby's net margin of -0.67%. H C Slingsby's return on equity of -3.50% 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%
H C Slingsby	-0.67%	-3.50%	0.40%

Is OT4 or SLNG a better dividend stock?

Oxford Technology VCT 4 pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 133.3%. H C Slingsby pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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. H C Slingsby pays out -5,714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate OT4 or SLNG?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oxford Technology VCT 4	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
H C Slingsby	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

H C Slingsby beats Oxford Technology VCT 4 on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.