Wilmington Capital Management (WCM.A) Competitors

Wilmington Capital Management (TSE:WCM.A) and abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC (TSE:FAP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Does the media refer more to WCM.A or FAP?

In the previous week, abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC had 1 more articles in the media than Wilmington Capital Management. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC and 0 mentions for Wilmington Capital Management. Wilmington Capital Management's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wilmington Capital Management	Neutral
abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC	Neutral

Is WCM.A or FAP a better dividend stock?

Wilmington Capital Management pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 87.0%. abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Wilmington Capital Management pays out 1,111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC pays out 65.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is WCM.A or FAP more profitable?

abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC has a net margin of 108.03% compared to Wilmington Capital Management's net margin of 97.05%. abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC's return on equity of 10.01% beat Wilmington Capital Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wilmington Capital Management	97.05%	6.26%	0.75%
abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC	108.03%	10.01%	2.92%

Which has better valuation and earnings, WCM.A or FAP?

abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC has higher revenue and earnings than Wilmington Capital Management. abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wilmington Capital Management, 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
Wilmington Capital Management	C$3.40M	7.78	C$3.29M	C$0.18	12.78
abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC	C$11.37M	9.43	C$12.28M	C$0.32	9.06

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WCM.A or FAP?

abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC received 1 more outperform votes than Wilmington Capital Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.44% of users gave abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Wilmington Capital Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wilmington Capital Management	Outperform Votes 42 66.67%	Underperform Votes 21 33.33%
abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC	Outperform Votes 43 75.44%	Underperform Votes 14 24.56%

Which has more volatility & risk, WCM.A or FAP?

Wilmington Capital Management has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WCM.A or FAP?

13.1% of abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.6% of Wilmington Capital Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC beats Wilmington Capital Management on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.