Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2) Competitors

Octopus Titan VCT (LON:OTV2) and 3i Infrastructure (LON:3IN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is OTV2 or 3IN a better dividend stock?

Octopus Titan VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. 3i Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Octopus Titan VCT pays out -2,105.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 3i Infrastructure pays out 3,157.9% 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 Titan VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is OTV2 or 3IN more profitable?

3i Infrastructure has a net margin of 92.78% compared to Octopus Titan VCT's net margin of 0.00%. 3i Infrastructure's return on equity of 10.77% beat Octopus Titan VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Octopus Titan VCT	N/A	-23.13%	-14.38%
3i Infrastructure	92.78%	10.77%	4.83%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OTV2 or 3IN?

3i Infrastructure received 155 more outperform votes than Octopus Titan VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.44% of users gave Octopus Titan VCT an outperform vote while only 65.95% of users gave 3i Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Octopus Titan VCT	Outperform Votes 29 67.44%	Underperform Votes 14 32.56%
3i Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 184 65.95%	Underperform Votes 95 34.05%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in OTV2 or 3IN?

0.1% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.1% of 3i Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of 3i Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, OTV2 or 3IN?

3i Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus Titan VCT. Octopus Titan VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3i Infrastructure, 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
Octopus Titan VCT	-£229.20M	-3.40	-£258.58M	-£0.19	-266.32
3i Infrastructure	£374M	8.08	£347M	£0.38	861.84

Does the media refer more to OTV2 or 3IN?

In the previous week, 3i Infrastructure had 3 more articles in the media than Octopus Titan VCT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for 3i Infrastructure and 1 mentions for Octopus Titan VCT. 3i Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Octopus Titan VCT's score of -0.98 indicating that 3i Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Octopus Titan VCT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
3i Infrastructure	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, OTV2 or 3IN?

Octopus Titan VCT has a beta of -0.09, meaning that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3i Infrastructure has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

3i Infrastructure beats Octopus Titan VCT on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.