Pensana (PRE) Competitors

Foresight VCT (LON:FTV) and Pensana (LON:PRE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is FTV or PRE more profitable?

Foresight VCT has a net margin of 75.85% compared to Pensana's net margin of 0.00%. Foresight VCT's return on equity of 10.05% beat Pensana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Foresight VCT	75.85%	10.05%	4.98%
Pensana	N/A	-7.99%	-4.97%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FTV or PRE?

Foresight VCT has higher revenue and earnings than Pensana. Pensana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight 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
Foresight VCT	£32.45M	7.13	£24.62M	£8.20	9.40
Pensana	N/A	N/A	-£6.26M	-£1.33	-27.22

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FTV or PRE?

Foresight VCT received 58 more outperform votes than Pensana when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Foresight VCT	Outperform Votes 58 68.24%	Underperform Votes 27 31.76%
Pensana	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FTV or PRE?

11.9% of Pensana shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Foresight VCT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.7% of Pensana shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, FTV or PRE?

Foresight VCT has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pensana has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FTV or PRE?

In the previous week, Foresight VCT had 1 more articles in the media than Pensana. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Foresight VCT and 1 mentions for Pensana. Foresight VCT's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Pensana's score of 0.00 indicating that Foresight VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Foresight VCT	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Pensana	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Foresight VCT beats Pensana on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.