PGOO vs. BUT, HSL, SCIN, MERI, BRGE, CHRY, JETG, SEIT, JEDT, and GROW
Should you be buying ProVen Growth & Income VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProVen Growth & Income VCT include Brunner (BUT), Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL), The Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN), Chrysalis Investments (MERI), BlackRock Greater Europe (BRGE), Chrysalis Investments (CHRY), JPMorgan European Growth & Income (JETG), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT), JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT), and Molten Ventures (GROW). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
ProVen Growth & Income VCT vs.
ProVen Growth & Income VCT (LON:PGOO) and Brunner (LON:BUT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
Brunner received 38 more outperform votes than ProVen Growth & Income VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.29% of users gave Brunner an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave ProVen Growth & Income VCT an outperform vote.
ProVen Growth & Income VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Brunner pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. ProVen Growth & Income VCT pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brunner pays out 950.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Brunner's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat ProVen Growth & Income VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Brunner is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ProVen Growth & Income VCT has a beta of -0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunner has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
17.4% of Brunner shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of ProVen Growth & Income VCT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Brunner shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Brunner has a net margin of 94.54% compared to ProVen Growth & Income VCT's net margin of 73.18%. Brunner's return on equity of 19.00% beat ProVen Growth & Income VCT's return on equity.
Brunner has higher revenue and earnings than ProVen Growth & Income VCT. Brunner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ProVen Growth & Income VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Brunner beats ProVen Growth & Income VCT on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:PGOO) was last updated on 2/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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