VietNam (VNH) Competitors

Third Point Investors (LON:TPOU) and VietNam (LON:VNH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is TPOU or VNH more profitable?

VietNam has a net margin of 85.60% compared to Third Point Investors' net margin of 79.27%. VietNam's return on equity of 20.19% beat Third Point Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Third Point Investors	79.27%	16.16%	11.57%
VietNam	85.60%	20.19%	-22.03%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TPOU or VNH?

VietNam received 2 more outperform votes than Third Point Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave Third Point Investors an outperform vote while only 58.18% of users gave VietNam an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Third Point Investors	Outperform Votes 30 68.18%	Underperform Votes 14 31.82%
VietNam	Outperform Votes 32 58.18%	Underperform Votes 23 41.82%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TPOU or VNH?

11.7% of Third Point Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of VietNam shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Third Point Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of VietNam shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TPOU or VNH?

Third Point Investors has higher revenue and earnings than VietNam. VietNam 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
Third Point Investors	£8.39B	0.06	£6.65B	£3.72	7.17
VietNam	£33.81M	3.43	£28.94M	£77.67	5.02

Does the media prefer TPOU or VNH?

In the previous week, VietNam had 3 more articles in the media than Third Point Investors. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for VietNam and 0 mentions for Third Point Investors. VietNam's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Third Point Investors' score of 0.00 indicating that VietNam is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Third Point Investors	Neutral
VietNam	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, TPOU or VNH?

Third Point Investors has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VietNam has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

VietNam beats Third Point Investors on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.