HHV vs. AEI, JARA, PVN, PGOO, UAV, MERC, MMIT, SSIT, BRSA, and FTF
Should you be buying Hargreave Hale AIM VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT include abrdn Equity Income Trust (AEI), JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (JARA), ProVen VCT (PVN), ProVen Growth & Income VCT (PGOO), Unicorn AIM VCT (UAV), Mercia Asset Management (MERC), Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT), Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT), BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust (BRSA), and Foresight Enterprise VCT (FTF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn Equity Income Trust (LON:AEI) and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT (LON:HHV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled abrdn Equity Income Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
abrdn Equity Income Trust has a net margin of 49.15% compared to abrdn Equity Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT's return on equity of 1.97% beat abrdn Equity Income Trust's return on equity.
abrdn Equity Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Hargreave Hale AIM VCT. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn Equity Income Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT received 82 more outperform votes than abrdn Equity Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
33.5% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
abrdn Equity Income Trust has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
abrdn Equity Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays out 38,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
abrdn Equity Income Trust beats Hargreave Hale AIM VCT on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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