Chelverton UK Dividend Trust (SDV) Competitors

Chelverton UK Dividend Trust (LON:SDV) and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT (LON:HHV) 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, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is SDV or HHV more profitable?

Hargreave Hale AIM VCT has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Chelverton UK Dividend Trust's net margin of -0.25%. Chelverton UK Dividend Trust's return on equity of -0.01% beat Hargreave Hale AIM VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust	-0.25%	-0.01%	0.90%
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT	N/A	-13.58%	-8.44%

Do analysts rate SDV or HHV?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor SDV or HHV?

In the previous week, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT had 1 more articles in the media than Chelverton UK Dividend Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hargreave Hale AIM VCT and 0 mentions for Chelverton UK Dividend Trust. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Chelverton UK Dividend Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Hargreave Hale AIM VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust	Neutral
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, SDV or HHV?

Chelverton UK Dividend Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Hargreave Hale AIM VCT.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust	£1.63M	21.60	-£2.60M	N/A	N/A
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT	-£18.33M	-7.56	-£22.44M	-£0.07	-542.86

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SDV or HHV?

Hargreave Hale AIM VCT received 20 more outperform votes than Chelverton UK Dividend Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Hargreave Hale AIM VCT an outperform vote while only 54.39% of users gave Chelverton UK Dividend Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust	Outperform Votes 62 54.39%	Underperform Votes 52 45.61%
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT	Outperform Votes 82 66.67%	Underperform Votes 41 33.33%

Is SDV or HHV a better dividend stock?

Chelverton UK Dividend Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT pays out -4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, SDV or HHV?

Chelverton UK Dividend Trust has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SDV or HHV?

5.7% of Chelverton UK Dividend Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 36.9% of Chelverton UK Dividend Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Chelverton UK Dividend Trust beats Hargreave Hale AIM VCT on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.