ProVen VCT (PVN) Competitors

BlackRock Smaller Companies (LON:BRSC) and ProVen VCT (LON:PVN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Does the media refer more to BRSC or PVN?

In the previous week, BlackRock Smaller Companies had 1 more articles in the media than ProVen VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BlackRock Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for ProVen VCT. ProVen VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat BlackRock Smaller Companies' score of -0.98 indicating that ProVen VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Smaller Companies	Negative
ProVen VCT	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, BRSC or PVN?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProVen VCT has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BRSC or PVN more profitable?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has a net margin of 94.11% compared to ProVen VCT's net margin of 67.04%. BlackRock Smaller Companies' return on equity of 17.28% beat ProVen VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock Smaller Companies	94.11%	17.28%	-2.39%
ProVen VCT	67.04%	5.22%	3.12%

Is BRSC or PVN a better dividend stock?

BlackRock Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. ProVen VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ProVen VCT pays out 86.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BRSC or PVN?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than ProVen VCT. BlackRock Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ProVen 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
BlackRock Smaller Companies	£127.70M	4.62	£120.17M	£266.83	4.91
ProVen VCT	£14.11M	11.47	£9.46M	£3.48	17.11

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BRSC or PVN?

39.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of ProVen VCT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRSC or PVN?

ProVen VCT received 18 more outperform votes than BlackRock Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.04% of users gave ProVen VCT an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave BlackRock Smaller Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 62 61.39%	Underperform Votes 39 38.61%
ProVen VCT	Outperform Votes 80 65.04%	Underperform Votes 43 34.96%

Summary

BlackRock Smaller Companies beats ProVen VCT on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.