PEMB vs. SDP, TFIF, NBPE, SLPE, CGI, MRCH, AGT.LN, GSCT, BGFD, and JESC
Should you be buying Pembroke VCT B stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pembroke VCT B include Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), TwentyFour Income (TFIF), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), Canadian General Investments (CGI), The Merchants Trust (MRCH), AVI Global Trust (AGT.LN), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), and JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Pembroke VCT B vs. Its Competitors
Pembroke VCT B (LON:PEMB) and Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (LON:SDP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Pembroke VCT B. Pembroke VCT B is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
58.1% of Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Pembroke VCT B shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pembroke VCT B has a net margin of 718.21% compared to Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund's net margin of 89.99%. Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund's return on equity of 14.36% beat Pembroke VCT B's return on equity.
Pembroke VCT B pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Pembroke VCT B pays out -172.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund pays out 14.0% 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. Pembroke VCT B is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Pembroke VCT B has a beta of -0.05, indicating that its share price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Pembroke VCT B. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund and 0 mentions for Pembroke VCT B. Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Pembroke VCT B's score of 0.00 indicating that Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund beats Pembroke VCT B on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PEMB) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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