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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

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 8.9%. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Chelverton UK Dividend Trust pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT pays out -166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

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

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, SDV or HHV?

Chelverton UK Dividend Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Hargreave Hale AIM VCT. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chelverton UK Dividend Trust, 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
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust	£10.66M	3.06	£8.87M	£39.36	3.69
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT	-£2.49M	-51.76	-£6.58M	-£1.80	-19.59

Is SDV or HHV more profitable?

Hargreave Hale AIM VCT has a net margin of 264.25% compared to Chelverton UK Dividend Trust's net margin of 83.24%. Chelverton UK Dividend Trust's return on equity of 25.12% beat Hargreave Hale AIM VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust	83.24%	25.12%	0.90%
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT	264.25%	-4.34%	-8.44%

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%

Does the media favor SDV or HHV?

In the previous week, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT had 4 more articles in the media than Chelverton UK Dividend Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hargreave Hale AIM VCT and 0 mentions for Chelverton UK Dividend Trust. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.76 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 more volatility & risk, SDV or HHV?

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

Summary

Chelverton UK Dividend Trust beats Hargreave Hale AIM VCT on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.