PVN vs. BGFD, GCP, P2P, PCFT, HET, SCAM, BUT, HSL, SCIN, and MERI
Should you be buying ProVen VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProVen VCT include The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), P2P Global Investments (P2P), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Henderson European Trust (HET), Scottish American Investment (SCAM), Brunner (BUT), Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL), The Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN), and Chrysalis Investments (MERI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
ProVen VCT vs.
ProVen VCT (LON:PVN) and The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (LON:BGFD) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
61.7% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of ProVen VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ProVen VCT received 10 more outperform votes than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.04% of users gave ProVen VCT an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ProVen VCT had 2 more articles in the media than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ProVen VCT and 0 mentions for The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat ProVen VCT's score of 1.12 indicating that The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ProVen VCT has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ProVen VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. ProVen VCT pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays out 4,761.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a net margin of 191.87% compared to ProVen VCT's net margin of 66.75%. ProVen VCT's return on equity of 5.02% beat The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's return on equity.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ProVen VCT. ProVen VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust beats ProVen VCT on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PVN) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
