Princess Private Equity (PEY) Competitors

Princess Private Equity (LON:PEY) and Foresight Technology VCT (LON:FWT) 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 institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PEY or FWT?

Princess Private Equity received 75 more outperform votes than Foresight Technology VCT when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Princess Private Equity	Outperform Votes 75 66.96%	Underperform Votes 37 33.04%
Foresight Technology VCT	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PEY or FWT?

34.3% of Princess Private Equity shares are held by institutional investors. 14.3% of Princess Private Equity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Foresight Technology VCT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to PEY or FWT?

In the previous week, Princess Private Equity had 1 more articles in the media than Foresight Technology VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Princess Private Equity and 0 mentions for Foresight Technology VCT. Foresight Technology VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Princess Private Equity's score of -0.54 indicating that Foresight Technology VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Princess Private Equity	Negative
Foresight Technology VCT	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, PEY or FWT?

Princess Private Equity has higher revenue and earnings than Foresight Technology VCT. Princess Private Equity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Technology VCT, 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
Princess Private Equity	£58.07M	0.12	£18.42M	£0.27	38.15
Foresight Technology VCT	£6.42M	4.41	£2.30M	£0.08	1,250.00

Is PEY or FWT more profitable?

Foresight Technology VCT has a net margin of 35.86% compared to Princess Private Equity's net margin of 31.72%. Foresight Technology VCT's return on equity of 5.10% beat Princess Private Equity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Princess Private Equity	31.72%	1.85%	1.72%
Foresight Technology VCT	35.86%	5.10%	3.17%

Which has more volatility and risk, PEY or FWT?

Princess Private Equity has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foresight Technology VCT has a beta of -0.25, meaning that its stock price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Princess Private Equity beats Foresight Technology VCT on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.