ProVen VCT (PVN) Competitors GBX 58.50 0.00 (0.00%) As of 09/8/2025 Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock PVN vs. HSL, BUT, P2P, PHI, SCAM, SYNC, SCIN, BRSC, MERI, and IPOShould you be buying ProVen VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProVen VCT include Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL), Brunner (BUT), P2P Global Investments (P2P), Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (PHI), Scottish American Investment (SCAM), Syncona (SYNC), The Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN), BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC), Chrysalis Investments (MERI), and IP Group (IPO). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. ProVen VCT vs. Its Competitors Henderson Smaller Companies Brunner P2P Global Investments Pacific Horizon Investment Trust Scottish American Investment Syncona The Scottish Investment Trust BlackRock Smaller Companies Chrysalis Investments IP Group ProVen VCT (LON:PVN) and Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations. Does the media prefer PVN or HSL? In the previous week, ProVen VCT had 1 more articles in the media than Henderson Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for ProVen VCT and 0 mentions for Henderson Smaller Companies. ProVen VCT's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Henderson Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that ProVen VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment ProVen VCT Very Positive Henderson Smaller Companies Neutral Is PVN or HSL a better dividend stock? ProVen VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Henderson Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. ProVen VCT pays out 361.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Henderson Smaller Companies pays out -44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PVN or HSL? Henderson Smaller Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ProVen VCT. Henderson 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioProVen VCT£3.41M48.33£9.46M£0.016,500.00Henderson Smaller Companies-£44.23M-12.23£91.77M-£0.61-1,378.18 Is PVN or HSL more profitable? Henderson Smaller Companies has a net margin of 93.00% compared to ProVen VCT's net margin of 67.04%. Henderson Smaller Companies' return on equity of 13.76% beat ProVen VCT's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets ProVen VCT67.04% 5.22% 3.12% Henderson Smaller Companies 93.00%13.76%7.47% Which has more risk & volatility, PVN or HSL? ProVen VCT has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PVN or HSL? 13.9% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of ProVen VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryHenderson Smaller Companies beats ProVen VCT on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get ProVen VCT News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PVN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. 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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.Skip Chart PVN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricProVen VCTAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£164.85M£1.42B£6.32B£2.57BDividend Yield5.56%4.58%4.31%5.30%P/E Ratio6,500.004,729.261,781.325,392.14Price / Sales48.331,974.061,342.9996,536.38Price / Cash2.7860.62127.5327.93Price / Book0.881.363.437.73Net Income£9.46M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B7 Day Performance0.74%0.70%0.61%1.16%1 Month Performance2.63%1.14%1.75%55.53%1 Year PerformanceN/A9.21%28.96%135.62% ProVen VCT Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PVNProVen VCTN/AGBX 58.50flatN/AN/A£164.85M£3.41M6,500.00N/APositive NewsHSLHenderson Smaller CompaniesN/AGBX 854.56-0.4%N/A+0.0%£627.48M£98.67M6.84N/ANews CoverageBUTBrunnerN/AGBX 1,424.10-0.4%N/A+5.7%£618.58M£111.40M5.90N/APositive NewsP2PP2P Global InvestmentsN/AN/AN/AN/A£617.42M£119.18M20.91N/APHIPacific Horizon Investment TrustN/AGBX 675-0.1%N/A+22.5%£606.17M£42.03M22.6818,800News CoveragePositive NewsSCAMScottish American InvestmentN/AN/AN/AN/A£603.25M£74.89M9.08N/ASYNCSynconaN/AGBX 95.63-0.1%N/A-19.8%£595.23M£5.44M-35.271,208Positive NewsSCINThe Scottish Investment TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£592.25M£51.43M1,570.1815BRSCBlackRock Smaller CompaniesN/AGBX 1,301.36-0.7%N/A-11.2%£586.10M£127.70M4.88N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsMERIChrysalis InvestmentsN/AN/AN/AN/A£585.93MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading VolumeIPOIP Group2.0076 of 5 starsGBX 60.80-0.3%GBX 126+107.2%+35.1%£580.24M-£196.61M-2.7395Gap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Henderson Smaller Companies Alternatives Brunner Alternatives P2P Global Investments Alternatives Pacific Horizon Investment Trust Alternatives Scottish American Investment Alternatives Syncona Alternatives The Scottish Investment Trust Alternatives BlackRock Smaller Companies Alternatives Chrysalis Investments Alternatives IP Group Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:PVN) was last updated on 9/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersNvidia Times 1,000,000Nvidia’s latest AI chip is a $25,000 powerhouse — with 80 billion transistors and the ability to perform 60 tr...Paradigm Press | SponsoredIRS Wants Another Check on Sept 15th—What If You Could Keep It Instead?On September 15th, the IRS collects another round of quarterly tax payments—targeting self-employed profession...American Alternative | Sponsored“Fed Proof” Your Bank Account with THESE 4 Simple StepsStarting as soon as a few months from now, the United States government will make a sweeping change to bank ac...Weiss Ratings | SponsoredGENIUS Act: The Plot to Seize Your Cash?A new law called the GENIUS Act could quietly trigger the most radical shift in American finance in decades. 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