HVPE vs. MRC, JAM, TEM, BPT, PNL, CLDN, FEV, WTAN, WWH, and PIN
Should you be buying HarbourVest Global Private Equity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HarbourVest Global Private Equity include Mercantile (MRC), JPMorgan American (JAM), Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT (TEM), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Personal Assets Trust (PNL), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), and Pantheon International (PIN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
HarbourVest Global Private Equity (LON:HVPE) and Mercantile (LON:MRC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, HarbourVest Global Private Equity and HarbourVest Global Private Equity both had 1 articles in the media. Mercantile's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat HarbourVest Global Private Equity's score of 0.00 indicating that Mercantile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HarbourVest Global Private Equity has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercantile has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HarbourVest Global Private Equity has higher revenue and earnings than Mercantile. HarbourVest Global Private Equity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mercantile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mercantile received 14 more outperform votes than HarbourVest Global Private Equity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.64% of users gave HarbourVest Global Private Equity an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave Mercantile an outperform vote.
HarbourVest Global Private Equity has a net margin of 89.44% compared to Mercantile's net margin of 76.99%. Mercantile's return on equity of 4.03% beat HarbourVest Global Private Equity's return on equity.
42.5% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of Mercantile shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Mercantile shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Mercantile beats HarbourVest Global Private Equity on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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