Chelverton UK Dividend Trust (SDV) Competitors

Mobeus Income & Growth VCT (LON:MIX) and Chelverton UK Dividend Trust (LON:SDV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, MIX or SDV?

Mobeus Income & Growth VCT has higher revenue and earnings than Chelverton UK Dividend Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mobeus Income & Growth VCT	£10.24M	13.66	£7.50M	£0.04	1,325.00
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust	£1.63M	21.59	-£2.60M	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to MIX or SDV?

In the previous week, Mobeus Income & Growth VCT had 1 more articles in the media than Chelverton UK Dividend Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mobeus Income & Growth VCT and 0 mentions for Chelverton UK Dividend Trust. Mobeus Income & Growth VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Chelverton UK Dividend Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Mobeus Income & Growth VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mobeus Income & Growth VCT	Positive
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust	Neutral

Is MIX or SDV more profitable?

Mobeus Income & Growth VCT has a net margin of 73.26% compared to Chelverton UK Dividend Trust's net margin of -0.25%. Mobeus Income & Growth VCT's return on equity of 7.83% beat Chelverton UK Dividend Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mobeus Income & Growth VCT	73.26%	7.83%	4.94%
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust	-0.25%	-0.01%	0.90%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MIX or SDV?

Chelverton UK Dividend Trust received 10 more outperform votes than Mobeus Income & Growth VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.82% of users gave Mobeus Income & Growth VCT an outperform vote while only 54.39% of users gave Chelverton UK Dividend Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mobeus Income & Growth VCT	Outperform Votes 52 65.82%	Underperform Votes 27 34.18%
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust	Outperform Votes 62 54.39%	Underperform Votes 52 45.61%

Is MIX or SDV a better dividend stock?

Mobeus Income & Growth VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.1%. Chelverton UK Dividend Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Mobeus Income & Growth VCT pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility and risk, MIX or SDV?

Mobeus Income & Growth VCT has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chelverton UK Dividend Trust has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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

Summary

Mobeus Income & Growth VCT beats Chelverton UK Dividend Trust on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.