Octopus Apollo VCT plc is a venture capital trust specializing in development and expansion investments in smaller unquoted companies. The fund invests in small and medium sized companies in the United Kingdom. The fund invests in business-to-business (B2B) software-based companies, technology, IT infrastructure, cybersecurity and sales and marketing. It typically invests in companies with debt investment values between £1 million ($1.64 million) and £2 million ($3.29 million). The fund primarily invests in the form of a secured loan using various unquoted investment instruments, including ordinary and preference shares, loan stocks, and convertible securities. It seeks to hold its investments from three to seven years. The fund primarily seeks to exit its investments through trade sales. It seeks to appoint either a director or a formal observer to the board of each investee company. It held uninvested funds in cash and money market funds. The fund seeks to make maximum investment of £1 million ($1.64 million) in a fiscal year in one company and generally no more than 15 percent of the fund's assets, at cost, will be invested in the same company.
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5 years, 6 months ago
Octopus Apollo VCT is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 4.3% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 67.5% cheaper than other stocks from the Financial Services sector with a price to sales ratio of 17.2.
Based on the above factors, Octopus Apollo VCT gets an overall score of 2/5.