Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2) Competitors

Octopus Titan VCT (LON:OTV2) and HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has better valuation and earnings, OTV2 or HGT?

HgCapital Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus Titan VCT. Octopus Titan VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HgCapital Trust, 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	-£147.88M	-3.93	-£173.99M	-£11.30	-3.23
HgCapital Trust	£312.64M	7.54	£284.58M	£60.49	8.40

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OTV2 or HGT?

HgCapital Trust received 81 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 62.15% of users gave HgCapital Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Octopus Titan VCT	Outperform Votes 29 67.44%	Underperform Votes 14 32.56%
HgCapital Trust	Outperform Votes 110 62.15%	Underperform Votes 67 37.85%

Which has more risk & volatility, OTV2 or HGT?

Octopus Titan VCT has a beta of -0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HgCapital Trust has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OTV2 or HGT more profitable?

Octopus Titan VCT has a net margin of 117.66% compared to HgCapital Trust's net margin of 91.03%. HgCapital Trust's return on equity of 11.93% beat Octopus Titan VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Octopus Titan VCT	117.66%	-18.89%	-14.38%
HgCapital Trust	91.03%	11.93%	6.88%

Does the media prefer OTV2 or HGT?

In the previous week, HgCapital Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Octopus Titan VCT. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for HgCapital Trust and 2 mentions for Octopus Titan VCT. HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Octopus Titan VCT's score of -0.70 indicating that HgCapital Trust 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
HgCapital Trust	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is OTV2 or HGT a better dividend stock?

Octopus Titan VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. HgCapital Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Octopus Titan VCT pays out -35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HgCapital Trust pays out 11.6% 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 Titan VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in OTV2 or HGT?

0.1% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of HgCapital Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of HgCapital Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

HgCapital Trust beats Octopus Titan VCT on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.