Third Point Investors (TPOU) Competitors

Triple Point Income VCT Plc E (LON:TPVE) and Third Point Investors (LON:TPOU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TPVE or TPOU?

Third Point Investors received 30 more outperform votes than Triple Point Income VCT Plc E when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Triple Point Income VCT Plc E	N/A	N/A
Third Point Investors	Outperform Votes 30 68.18%	Underperform Votes 14 31.82%

Is TPVE or TPOU more profitable?

Third Point Investors has a net margin of 79.27% compared to Triple Point Income VCT Plc E's net margin of 32.42%. Third Point Investors' return on equity of 16.33% beat Triple Point Income VCT Plc E's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Triple Point Income VCT Plc E	32.42%	3.97%	2.47%
Third Point Investors	79.27%	16.33%	11.57%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TPVE or TPOU?

11.7% of Third Point Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.3% of Triple Point Income VCT Plc E shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Third Point Investors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TPVE or TPOU a better dividend stock?

Triple Point Income VCT Plc E pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share. Third Point Investors pays an annual dividend of GBX 81 per share and has a dividend yield of 324.0%. Triple Point Income VCT Plc E pays out 15,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Third Point Investors pays out 15,283.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer TPVE or TPOU?

In the previous week, Triple Point Income VCT Plc E's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Third Point Investors'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Triple Point Income VCT Plc E	Neutral
Third Point Investors	Neutral

Which has higher earnings & valuation, TPVE or TPOU?

Third Point Investors has higher revenue and earnings than Triple Point Income VCT Plc E. Triple Point Income VCT Plc E is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Third Point Investors, 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
Triple Point Income VCT Plc E	£4.35M	0.00	£1.41M	£0.08	N/A
Third Point Investors	£117.35M	0.04	£93.02M	£0.53	47.17

Which has more volatility & risk, TPVE or TPOU?

Triple Point Income VCT Plc E has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Third Point Investors has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Third Point Investors beats Triple Point Income VCT Plc E on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.