UAV vs. BRSC, JII, SLS, ESCT, APAX, VOF, TRG, GCP, BGFD, and SEIT
Should you be buying Unicorn AIM VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unicorn AIM VCT include BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG), GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), and SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
BlackRock Smaller Companies (LON:BRSC) and Unicorn AIM VCT (LON:UAV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
BlackRock Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Unicorn AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays out -6,176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unicorn AIM VCT pays out -11,666.7% 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. Unicorn AIM VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, BlackRock Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Unicorn AIM VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Unicorn AIM VCT received 8 more outperform votes than BlackRock Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.39% of users gave BlackRock Smaller Companies an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave Unicorn AIM VCT an outperform vote.
BlackRock Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unicorn AIM VCT has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.
39.3% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Unicorn AIM VCT shares are owned 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.
Unicorn AIM VCT has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Smaller Companies. BlackRock Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unicorn AIM VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BlackRock Smaller Companies' return on equity of -4.53% beat Unicorn AIM VCT's return on equity.
Summary
BlackRock Smaller Companies beats Unicorn AIM VCT on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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