TV1 vs. BUT, SCAM, SYNC, BRSC, SCIN, MERI, PHI, EOT, JETG, and BSIF
Should you be buying Thames Ventures VCT 1 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thames Ventures VCT 1 include Brunner (BUT), Scottish American Investment (SCAM), Syncona (SYNC), BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC), The Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN), Chrysalis Investments (MERI), Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (PHI), European Opportunities Trust (EOT), JPMorgan European Growth & Income (JETG), and Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Thames Ventures VCT 1 vs. Its Competitors
Thames Ventures VCT 1 (LON:TV1) and Brunner (LON:BUT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Thames Ventures VCT 1 pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Brunner pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Thames Ventures VCT 1 pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brunner pays out 9.5% 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. Thames Ventures VCT 1 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Thames Ventures VCT 1 has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunner has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brunner has a net margin of 94.54% compared to Thames Ventures VCT 1's net margin of 0.00%. Brunner's return on equity of 18.49% beat Thames Ventures VCT 1's return on equity.
In the previous week, Brunner had 1 more articles in the media than Thames Ventures VCT 1. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Brunner and 0 mentions for Thames Ventures VCT 1. Brunner's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Thames Ventures VCT 1's score of 0.00 indicating that Brunner is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brunner has higher revenue and earnings than Thames Ventures VCT 1. Thames Ventures VCT 1 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brunner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
17.4% of Brunner shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Thames Ventures VCT 1 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Brunner shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Brunner beats Thames Ventures VCT 1 on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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.
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This page (LON:TV1) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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